They make an odd couple, Donald Trump and Paul Ryan: the swaggering narcissist with no agenda but his ego and the priggish Eagle Scout who would sell his mother for a huge regressive tax cut. You have to believe they despise each other. For now, they will get along, because Ryan has made it clear that he will say and do anything to advance his reverse Robin Hood agenda. But what happens when it’s done? What will Ryan say then?
My guess is that Trump will deal with this problem by stringing Ryan along on entitlement cuts. The issue will never come up as long as Ryan still has unfulfilled hopes on Social Security and Medicare “reform.”