Donald Trump took Capitol Hill by storm Thursday as media swarmed to get a glimpse or even a soundbite from the presumptive GOP nominee as he was entering into his “unity” talks with a handful of GOP House and Senate leaders.

The billionaire businessman came to Washington to firm up support from GOP leadership — and to extend an olive branch after a divisive primary.

“This is a process, it’s going to take time … I’m very encouraged, I heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee.” — Speaker Paul Ryan

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Trump met first with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. The meeting, which lasted for 45 minutes, was the beginning of what could be many trysts between Ryan and Trump. “It’s very important that we don’t fake unifying, we don’t pretend unification,” Ryan said. “This is a process, it’s going to take time … I’m very encouraged, I heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee.”

Ryan took the opportunity to weigh in on the billionaire businessman’s primary success. “He has gotten more votes than any Republican primary nominee in the history of our country and it isn’t even over yet,” Ryan said. “It really is a remarkable achievement.”

The first meeting didn’t result in an endorsement from Ryan, but the two men issued a joint statement in which they emphasized their common ground, while acknowledging their few differences.

The comments from Ryan are encouraging news for the RNC, which is desperately trying to unify a fractured party after what was a tumultuous and vitriolic primary. Within minutes of the meeting ending, GOP Chairman Reince Priebus took to Twitter to express his thoughts on the meeting. “This meeting was great. It was a very positive step toward party unity,” Priebus tweeted. Priebus remarked on how there are more agreements than disagreements between the two men, and that’s encouraging when it comes to building the bridges of unity.

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After the solo meeting with Ryan, Trump met with the additional members of House leadership, including: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, and Deputy Majority Whip Patrick McHenry. Of the members of House leadership, Ryan and McMorris-Rodgers are the only two who haven’t endorsed the presumptive GOP nominee.

Following the meeting with House leadership, Trump ventured over to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, where he met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. John Thune, and Sen. Roger Wicker.

The outcome of Thursday’s meetings points to a healing within the Republican Party, as some reluctant members of the GOP leadership begin to accept Trump as the standard bearer of the party — with some help and direction, of course.