Byron York: What does Paul Ryan want from Donald Trump?

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Speaker Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s highest-ranking official, stunned the political world Thursday when he announced he does not now support his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and might not ever do so.

“I hope to support our nominee,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now.”

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