his muslim friends. trump told don lemon he s acting in the best interest of the islamic community. meanwhi meanwhile, fellow republicans are blasting his proposal, leading trump to think he can lead as an independent. if they don t treat me with a certain amount of respect, if they don t treat me as the front-runner, by far the front-runner, if the playing field is not level, then certainly all options are open. now, while donald trump maintains he s going to win the republican nomination, conspiracy si theorists have a wildly different idea. and it involves hillary clinton. reporter: democrat hillary clinton, republican donald trump. fierce front running foes, but some say hold on.
welcome back to the lead. our politics lead continues. well, donald trump is again vaguely threatening to leave the republican party and run as an independent if he is not treated fairly. some politicos think he s already a member of another political party. in short they suggest trump might be a democrat, a plant who made a deal with hillary clinton to sink the republican party s hopes to win the white house. cnn s tom foreman joins me now. tom, the truth is out there. as skully and molder used to say, is there any evidence to this theory? no. nil, nada, zero. but that has not kept strategists for months swirling around this idea. and now it s been given new life again. democrat hillary clinton, republican donald trump, fierce front running foes, but some say