Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

Donald Trump’s campaign manager said “there’s conflict within the Trump campaign” over the Republican nominee not endorsing the House speaker, but that Trump will eventually support Paul Ryan in the election because his opponent won’t win the primary.

"Of course he's gonna work with Paul Ryan, of course he’s trying to bridge the party with Paul Ryan," Manafort said on ABC’s Good Morning America Thursday. "But Paul Ryan is running against someone who's not going to win but nonetheless he is a strong supporter of Mr. Trump."

On Tuesday, Trump told The Washington Post he was “just not quite there yet” on endorsing Ryan. He also said he has "never been there" with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and criticized Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, has enthusiastically endorsed Ryan.

Trump and Ryan’s opponent, Wisconsin businessman Paul Nehlen, have exchanged praise of each other.

Also Thursday on CBS This Morning, Manafort echoed that Trump would work with the House speaker, saying “there’s no issue about that.”

“He’s going to support Paul Ryan, he does support Paul Ryan, he said he’s going to work with Paul Ryan. There’s no issue about that. He didn’t take a position in the primary, he didn’t take a position in many primaries. That’s not the news,” Manafort said. “The news is the two of them working together to elect a Republican Congress and a Republican president, and I think you’re going to see that,”

Manafort said that he personally supports Ryan and then had a strange slip-up: “I support him as a speaker and I know after next week I’m going to be supporting him as a candidate for president, too. Uh, I mean, for —"

When pressed about what he meant (there have been rumors and speculation that Republicans are trying to get Trump to drop out following a rough week for the candidate), Manafort dismissed the slip-up.

Manafort also attempted some clean-up following a tumultuous week for Trump’s campaign by saying that there was plenty of time to get things together because “campaigns don’t even start until September.”

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