Trump fires back after Paul Ryan criticizes former president’s hold on GOP

Former president Donald Trump called former House speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) “a curse to the Republican Party” after Ryan appealed to the party not to rely on the “appeal of one personality.”

While Ryan did not explicitly name Trump in his critique of the current GOP during a speech Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., his intended target was clear. Later, when Ryan did name Trump, it was to praise him for advancing “practical conservative policy,” according to his prepared remarks.