Trump: Not 'appropriate' to start changing temperament

Expecting a new Donald Trump for the last few months of the election? Don’t count on it.

Coming out of a tumultuous week for his campaign, Trump said he has no plans to change, despite the fact that Hillary Clinton has enjoyed a growing lead in the polls. In fact, he doesn’t think it would be appropriate to.

“I've always had a good temperament and it's gotten me here. We beat a lot of people in the primaries and now we have one person left and we're actually doing pretty well there. But we'll see how it all comes out,” Trump said on Fox Business News Tuesday morning. “I certainly don't think it's appropriate to start changing all of the sudden when you've been winning. I mean I've beat many people and now we're down to one. And we'll see how it all works out. But I think it's going to work out well.”

Trump’s temperament was criticized last week after he attacked the parents of an American soldier who was killed in Iraq in 2004. The parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan spoke out against Trump during the Democratic National Convention, and the GOP nominee went on offense in response.

On Monday night, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine became the most recent Republican lawmaker to announce she would not be supporting Trump. Collins cited Trump’s criticism of the Khans as one of the reasons she could not vote for the nominee of her own party.

On Tuesday, Trump also disputed reports of a cooling relationship between him and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Last week, Trump praised Ryan’s primary opponent and withheld his endorsement for a few days before eventually backing Ryan on Friday.

“I have a good relationship with Paul. No, I don't think there's an icing,” Trump said. “Maybe the press reports that. But we've had a good relationship. And I endorse Paul.”