This is excellent. The statement reads like it was written almost entirely by the Trump people with some input from Priebus and Ryan.
Trump shows intelligence and judgment by not escalating the media inspired disagreement. Ryan is allowed to both back down and also save face. Ryan supports the first priority of defeating Hillary Clinton. They should be able to work together in the future. The Romney, Kristol, Lindsey Graham, Clinton alliance lost.
Exactly.
They just won't admit it, and they are continuing to explore ways to defeat Trump.
Mary Katherine Ham, for example, keeps slamming Trump as an unprincipled flip-flopper. I expect the level of that sort of rhetoric to increase.