Trump: If RNC cuts me off, I'll stop funding them

Donald Trump isn’t worried about a report that the Republican National Committee is considering moving resources away from his campaign and focusing on down-ballot candidates instead. If they do, he said, he’ll just cut them off in return.

In an interview with Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor Thursday night, Trump was asked about a Time report that the RNC was considering shifting focus to congressional races following a difficult couple of weeks for the Republican nominee.

The party has denied the report, with spokesman Sean Spicer tweeting Thursday morning that the story was "not true."

On Fox News, Trump pointed to Spicer’s tweet and a press release from the RNC that said the storylines were false, adding that it wouldn’t be an issue if they were true.

“And I mean, if it is true, that’s OK too because all I have to do is stop funding the Republican Party. I’m the one raising the money for them,” Trump said. “In fact, right now I’m in Orlando. I’m going to a fundraiser for the Republican Party. If they want to do that, they can save me a lot of time and a lot of energy.”

Trump was also asked about a Politico report that there was a letter signed by more than 70 high-profile Republicans urging Reince Priebus, the chairman of the RNC, to stop funding Trump and shift money to other races.

“Well, there’s no truth. I’m the one that’s funding, I’m the one that’s raising the money and other people are getting to use the money that I raised,” Trump said. “I’m putting up money from my own campaign, but I’m raising a lot of money for the Republican party. Sometimes somebody will say, 'Well, we’re not going to support Trump.' They’re not going to support because they aren’t the people that I want.”

A spokesman for the RNC did not immediately respond to request for comment.