Donald Trump is standing firm in his 2016 campaign as he recently vowed that he will never quit the presidential race.
In an interview with The Washington Post published earlier this week, the Manhattan-based business mogul said that he is set on running as a Republican presidential candidate.
"I will never leave the race," he declared while waving one arm over his head, as if to clear away everything and remove all doubt.
While Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign has been loaded with controversies, the 69-year-old insisted that he will stay in the race even if he loses an early state primary or two.
"I can handle it, sure. I can handle it," he said.
The billionaire turned reality TV personality also laughed off critics who point out how most candidate quit the elections due to lack of financial funds.
"Right," he scoffed. "They never say it because they're not honest."
The real estate expert is so confident about his presidential bid that he has even been openly talking about running as an independent candidate.
"A new poll indicates that 68% of my supporters would vote for me if I departed the GOP and ran as an independent," he wrote on his social media sites, linking his post to an online poll.
The poll was taken after Donald Trump's controversial declaration that he will ban Muslims from entering the U.S. if he becomes president. After GOP called him out on his statements, Donald Trump threatened to continue his 2016 presidential bid without his current party.
According to a report from New York Daily News, GOP insiders are worried that Donald Trump's current actions will lead to the victory of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
"If he runs [independent], Hillary's the President," said GOP strategist Ford O'Connell.
"The numbers just don't add up any other way."
However, insiders have also considered that the business magnate is not being completely honest.
"I think he's bluffing 100%," Ford O'Connell said.
"He's doing it so that everyone else will back off of him and let him win this nomination in the way that he sees fit."
"He's using it as leverage, and it's a smart play for him," he added.
