Donald Trump doesn’t need the support of Republican party leaders. He won the primaries without them, and he said Sunday he’ll win the presidency with or without them.
But Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he can win in November, with or without their support.
“We're going to have a great convention and I think we're going to go on to a great victory. It would be nice if the Republicans stuck together,” he said. “ I think that I win either way. I can win one way or the other.”
“I obviously won the primaries without them,” he continued. “You know, I'm an outsider and I won the primaries. I do believe that we can win either way, but it would be nice if we stuck together.”
Trump’s latest deep thoughts come after a week in which Paul Ryan gave GOP candidates permission to reject Trump and news surfaced that Reince Priebus is looking into a convention coup.