--- title: Donald Trump Threatens to Run as a Third Party Candidate description: Trump said the RNC's treatment of him during the primary season has led him to consider a third party bid. canonical: https://time.com/3969382/donald-trump-third-party-candidate/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-23T13:32:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:39.005Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Threatens to Run as a Third Party Candidate og:description: "So many people want me to" og:url: https://time.com/3969382/donald-trump-third-party-candidate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltceec1f96bb5d2152/69885c225f570f58e5b1c91c/donald-trump22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Threatens to Run as a Third Party Candidate twitter:description: "So many people want me to" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltceec1f96bb5d2152/69885c225f570f58e5b1c91c/donald-trump22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Threatens to Run as a Third Party Candidate > Sponsored content. 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Morton—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 23, 2015 1:32 PM UTC The GOP is [getting sick](http://time.com/3953881/donald-trump-republican-candidate/) of Donald Trump—and it turns out the feeling is mutual. Trump, the real estate billionaire running for the Republican presidential nomination, [told The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248910-exclusive-trump-threatens-third-party-run) that the Republican National Committee’s treatment of him during the primary season has led him to consider a third party bid for the White House. “The RNC has not been supportive,” Trump said. “They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy. The RNC has been, I think, very foolish.” Of a potential third party bid, he said, “So many people want me to, if I don’t win… I’ll have to see how I’m being treated by the Republicans. Absolutely, if they’re not fair, that would be a factor.” Reince Priebus, the head of the RNC, [called Trump earlier this month](http://time.com/3951698/donald-trump-reince-priebus-immigration/) after Trump’s inflammatory comments about immigration during his announcement speech. Priebus reportedly told Trump to tone down his rhetoric; Trump says it was just a friendly call. \[[_The Hill_](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248910-exclusive-trump-threatens-third-party-run)\] _Read next:_ [_See Donald Trump Hanging Out With Unlikely Celebrities_](http://time.com/3968507/donald-trumps-celebrity/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ### See Donald Trump Hanging Out With Unlikely Celebrities  Donald Trump, owner of New York's Trump Tower, holds the bridle of a polo pony while talking to Andy Warhol on Nov. 4, 1983. 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