Trump won’t be the Republican nominee in 2024, ex-GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan predicts

House Speaks Paul Ryan greets US President Donald Trump as he arrives on stage to speak at the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner at the National Building Museum on March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Paul Ryan predicted that Donald Trump wouldn't be the Republican Party's White House nominee.

Ryan said in an interview with Teneo that Trump's unelectability would be visible by that time. Ryan is a member of the firm's board of directors.

The former lawmaker from Wisconsin said, "We all know that he's more likely to lose the White House than anyone else running for president on our side of the aisle."

Ryan said he didn't know if it mattered whether he ran or not. I don't think he'll be the nominee.

Ryan has been working in the private sector since he left congress.

Ryan had a rocky relationship with Trump before he became president.

Ryan was insulted by Trump as a presidential candidate. Ryan refused to campaign for Trump late in the election after Access Hollywood released a 2005 recording in which Trump bragged about grabbing women.

Since leaving elected office, Ryan has urged the GOP to ditch Trump, who remains the defacto leader of the party and the likeliest candidate to win the Republican presidential nomination in four years.

Though he hasn't made an official announcement, Trump has floated the idea of running for president again. In 2020, Trump lost to Joe Biden, but never conceded the race, and continued to claim the election was rigged against him.

When a joint session of Congress confirmed Biden's victory, thousands of supporters swarmed the Capitol. According to a recent book, Ryan cried as he watched the Capitol riot.

Ryan told Teneo that the only reason Trump is in power is because people are afraid of him.

Ryan said that he would try to intimidate people out of the race.

Ryan predicted that the fear of Trump would cause other GOP candidates to delay their decisions to run. Ryan likened the situation to a prisoner's dilemma after Trump attacked that person.

He said that would-be candidates would still be able to throw their hats in the ring.

You can count on ambition in politics. Ryan said there are a few people who will run because it is the only cycle they can run.

They don't want to die if they ever go and that's why they have to leave now.

The herd mentality is unstoppable as soon as it starts. Ryan said that he thinks the fact that he pulls so much poorer than any other Republican against a Democrat is enough. I don't think he's going to be the nominee because he knows this.