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For Trump, Meetings Scheduled But Compromise Still Elusive

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Republican US Presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the National Republican Congressional Committee May 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Republican US Presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the National Republican Congressional Committee May 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has a slate of meetings in Washington this morning with GOP congressional leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan. As NPR’s Ron Elving tells Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti, the theme is likely to be Republican unity against Hillary Clinton, but compromise on either side is far from guaranteed.

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Ron Elving, NPR senior Washington editor and correspondent.

This segment aired on May 12, 2016.

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