The statement from the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and House Speaker said the two had a “great conversation” and that they were honest over their “few differences” during two hours of meetings on Thursday.

“We will be having additional discussions, but remain confident there’s a great opportunity to unify our party and win this fall, and we are totally committed to working together to achieve that goal,” the joint statement said.

It fell short of an endorsement of Trump by Ryan, but the Speaker in a press conference after the meeting said he was "very encouraged" by what he had heard from Trump, who described as a warm and generous person.

Ryan said it would be the first of a number of meetings, and that the two would get further into the "pollicy weeds" in the future.

Trump expressed enthusiasm about his trip to Capitol Hill, tweeting, "things are working out really well!"



Great day in D.C. with @SpeakerRyan and Republican leadership. Things working out really well! #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/hfHY9MdAc7 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2016

The Speaker shocked many Republicans a week ago by saying he was not yet ready to get in line behind the man expected to clinch the GOP nomination in the coming weeks.

Ryan had signaled ahead of the meeting that an endorsement at this time was unlikely, saying in one interview that it would take more than one week to unify the party.

He repeated those points at his post-meeting press conference, stating that the GOP has just finished perhaps its most divisive primary in history but that he left the meeting "very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump."

He also noted that Trump had won more votes than any other GOP nominee, even though there are still remaining state contests in this year's primary.

“With that focus, we had a great conversation this morning. While we were honest about our few differences, we recognize that there are also many important areas of common ground.”

Trump held one meeting on Thursday with Ryan and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, and a second with the House GOP leadership team. He then headed over to the Senate to speak with Senate GOP leaders.