Ryan talks about handling Trump, avoiding 'tragedy'

[DonViejo]

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Updated 9:44 AM ET, Tue August 7, 2018

Washington (CNN) - House Speaker Paul Ryan suggests in a new interview that a success of his tenure as House speaker has been to avoid unnamed "tragedies" during the Trump administration.

Speaking with The New York Times, Ryan discussed at length his relationship with the former business mogul ahead of his retirement from Congress at the end of this year. He told the Times that he privately appeals to the President and feels that he has managed to influence Trump's thinking and behavior so as to avoid "tragedy."

"I can look myself in the mirror at the end of the day and say I avoided that tragedy, I avoided that tragedy, I avoided that tragedy. I advanced this goal, I advanced this goal, I advanced this goal," Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, told the Times over a series of interviews that were published in a Tuesday report.

Ryan would not provide the Times with an example of a "tragedy" he thinks he thwarted. "No, I don't want to do that," Ryan said. "That's more than I usually say."

Responding to some of the flak he's received in not speaking out against Trump in exchange for getting a tax bill passed, Ryan told the Times, "I'm very comfortable with the decisions I've made. I would make them again, do it again the same way."

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[cilla4progress]

1. ACCOUNTABLE!!

eom

[RhodeIslandOne]

2. Paul Ryan will live long enough to see his name cursed

For what he has wrought. Most retiring politicians don’t get that opportunity.

[dalton99a]

3. Fucking liar.

[ffr]

4. The tЯeasonous fiscal policy wonk that wasn't.

F-off Ryan and good riddance!

[JDC]

5. See, Paul Ryan is actually a good guy!

Who buys this guy's BS? F him

[lagomorph777]

6. Ryan is a chief enabler of the Trump Tragedy.

Ryan, McConnell, and Trump should spend the remainder of their days at Gitmo.

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. Ryan also "advanced" the current Russian incursion into US sovereignty.

Ryan took the money. Ryan also knows of other Congresspeople to took the money, and said NOTHING. He's up for a nice, patriotic RICO indictment. Let him rot.

[unblock]

8. "donnie could get us all blown up or butcher millions of us,but i don't want to ruffle any feathers"

#spinelessrepublicans

[jcgoldie]

9. It's like they are talking about a 2 year old

[BSdetect]

10. He be branded a traitor and hopefully spend many decades in prison.

[Tipperary]

11. What a cowardly little slithery slug he is.

I still remember him lying about his marathon finishing time. How does he face his wife and kids? How does he teach his children any morals?

[The Genealogist]

12. Wonder what Pootie thinks of KKKomerade Ryan's speech.

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[Cracklin Charlie]

13. You are responsible for this tragedy, granny starver!

If only we could have “avoided” your attempt at public service.

There’s a tragedy.

[asiliveandbreathe]

14. The only act aynrandryan will be known for is a tax cut for the 1% and in so doing..

filling his pockets with cash....aynrandryan is the tragedy of our time...along with the turtle they HAVE NOT protected the American people from this tragedy that is in the WH..disgusting -

Ryan - "I'm very comfortable with the decisions I've made. I would make them again, do it again the same way."

The Picture of Dorian Grey..

He lives a life devoted to garnering new experiences and sensations with no regard for conventional standards of morality or the consequences of his actions. Eighteen years pass. Dorian’s reputation suffers in circles of polite London society, where rumors spread regarding his scandalous exploits.

[C_U_L8R]

15. That's pretty limp.

Ryan has always been a self-serving chickenshit. He loves to boast about his 'values' but clearly he doesn't have a single one.

[MFM008]

16. So he KNOWS

That asshole is UNFIT.
What a scumbag coward.

[Saboburns]

17. Homeric

Homeric Paul.

Homeric.