You are getting played by the New York Times.
This article is a joke. Hammer blow? Ryan is irrelevant.
The NYT didn’t just invent what Ryan said, he really said it:
“Mr. Ryan informed Republican lawmakers on a morning conference call that he would never again campaign alongside Mr. Trump and would dedicate himself instead to defending the party’s majority in Congress, according to five lawmakers who participated in the call and spoke on the condition of anonymity.”