Donald Trump surrogate Ben Carson has requested a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan before the presumptive GOP nominee sits down with the congressional leader later this week, according to a report.
The retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate asked Ryan’s office for a private get-together in an attempt to improve relations between the two before the New York businessman sits down with Ryan Thursday.
“Donald Trump trusts him and the speaker trusts him,” Carson’s business manager, Armstrong Williams, told the Washington Post.
The move comes after a feisty past few days between Ryan and Trump after the House leader said last Thursday he was not ready to support Trump as the nominee.
The report also said Trump gave Carson permission to set up the pre-meeting.
An aide in the speaker’s office said they have not yet set a date.
