Presumptive GOP nominee for president Donald Trump made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows last weekend and was asked about bringing the party together after it had been torn apart by the primary process.
"We wanna bring the party together," Trump told ABC News. "Does the party have to be together? Does it have to be unified? I'm very different than everybody else -- perhaps that's ever run for office. I actually don't think so."
"I think it would be better if it were unified," he added. "I think it would be-- there would be something good about it. But I don't think it actually has to be unified in the traditional sense."
Trump was asked how he could win a general election without getting the GOP's support. He responded that he will get the support of Democrats.
"I think I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna get millions of people from the Democrats. I'm gonna get Bernie people to vote, because they like me on trade."
Trump's remarks follow Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's statement that he is not sure he can support Trump as the nominee. "To be perfectly candid with you, Jake, I'm just not ready to do that at this point. I'm not there right now," Ryan told CNN host Jake Tapper last week.
GOP leaders are scheduled to meet with Trump this week on Capitol Hill to discuss the future of the party. The Donald told ABC News that he plans to tell the leadership, "I'm gonna say, 'Look, this is what the people want."
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