Trump's endorsement plan emerged as he took other steps to get his campaign back on track after days of controversy and falling poll numbers that have given Clinton the advantage in the race to the White House
Republican Donald Trump took steps to steer his White House campaign back into favour with his party on Friday with reported plans to endorse US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan after expressing coolness towards him earlier this week.
Fox News and CNN said Trump would endorse Ryan, the top US elected Republican, in his re-election bid at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which is Ryan's home state. Ryan had no plans to attend the event, in a sign of lingering frictions between them. Trump's endorsement of the speaker should ease some of the tension generated by his refusal earlier this week to endorse Ryan when he told The Washington Post he was "not quite there yet" - using the same phrase Ryan had used about Trump before finally endorsing him.
Ryan, who has been endorsed by Trump's vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, is viewed by establishment Republicans as a possible presidential candidate in the future. He is expected to win a challenge for his House seat in next week's Republican primary from businessman Paul Nehlen. An aide to Ryan said of Trump's plans: "We have no knowledge of this and it's a question for their campaign."
Trump's endorsement plan emerged as he took other steps to get his campaign back on track after days of controversy and falling poll numbers that have given Democrat Hillary Clinton the advantage in the race to the November 8 election. The New York businessman announced he was setting up an economic advisory team to help guide him on economic policy. The group relies heavily on hedge fund managers and investment bankers, a group Trump has railed against in the past, and includes no women.
In addition, Trump plans to release his framework for boosting the US economy in a speech in Detroit on Monday, an event that will offer him a chance to avoid theatrics and to detail how he would handle economic issues if elected. Clinton sought to take advantage of Trump's dip in the polls at a conference of minority journalists in Washington, where she pledged an all-out fight for comprehensive immigration reform if she wins in November.
At the event, Clinton did what she has rarely done during the presidential campaign: take questions from reporters. In doing so, she addressed two of the largest issues that continue to dog her campaign: the controversy over her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state during the Obama administration, and continuing scepticism among voters about her trustworthiness.
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