Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he is ready to fix all of America’s problems, ban Muslims from entering the United States and deport undocumented immigrants, but he is having a tough time with discrimination by his own party.
“I signed a pledge. They wanted me to sign the pledge,” Trump said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “And I’m the one that’s being discriminated against.”
Trump’s complaint came as he refused to rule out telling his backers to support another Republican if he doesn’t win the GOP nomination.
“I will tell you when we meet at the convention,” Trump said. “We’ll see how we’re treated. I want to see how we’re treated.”
Asked where he stands on the pledge he signed vowing to back the Republican nominee, even if it’s not him, then backed off, Trump hedged.
“I want to support the party,” he said. Trump added that he can’t “comment too much on it right now.”
Trump and his campaign have bitterly complained that they are being mistreated because they appear to be losing out in state-level fights over the election of delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Trump’s backers complained Saturday about their treatment in Tennessee. On CBS, Trump said that he is receiving about the same number of delegates in Louisiana as Ted Cruz, even though he narrowly won the state’s primary. Cruz has won over more delegates who were originally pledged to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has dropped out.
“It could be illegal, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said. He did not say what law might be violated.
“That’s not the way the system’s supposed to work,” Trump said
Trump was widely described as experiencing the worst week of his campaign after he took and abandoned a series of positions on abortion and saw his campaign manager arrested for battery of reporter after denying touching her.
Trump also stumbled with seemingly poorly informed statements on nuclear weapons and foreign policy.
But Trump denied disaster. “I don’t see this as the worst week in my campaign,” he said. “But certainly, I’ve had some weeks, and you’ve been reporting on them, where that was the end,” he said, referring to past pundit predictions.
The interview included Trump’s previously aired assertion that current abortion laws should be left in place. Trump has already backed off that statement.
“He will change the law through his judicial appointments and allow the states to protect the unborn,” Trump spokeswoman said in a statement Saturday.
Trump swerved again Saturday. He said his comments on CBS, which were taped in advance, were “perfect.”
