In the interview I ever heard him say he would run third party. He just said “let’s see what happens” when asked and that to me means anything. He could have 10 fallback plans.
Here is the interview. Judge for yourself.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-isnt-ruling-independent-run/story?id=35335721
“He could have 10 fallback plans.”
I hope he has compromising material. Whatever, he doesn’t seem to worried.