Trump's tweet came after the release Friday afternoon of a leaked video from 2005 that included Trump saying that being "a star" entitled him to grope women. | Getty Trump: 'Zero chance I'll quit'

Donald Trump is not going to drop out of the 2016 presidential race, he told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday.

The Republican nominee told the Journal there is "zero chance I'll quit" and that the support he is getting is "unbelievable."


Trump also spoke with the Washington Post, telling the paper: “I’d never withdraw. I’ve never withdrawn in my life."

“People are calling and saying, ‘Don’t even think about doing anything else but running,'” Trump said, according to the Post. “You have to see what’s going on. The real story is that people have no idea the support. I don’t know how that’s going to boil down but people have no idea the support."

Trump said he was motivated to continue because he is "running against her" -- Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

“It’s because she’s so bad. She’s so flawed as a candidate. Running against her, I can’t say it’d be the same if I ran against someone else, but running against her makes it a lot easier, that’s for sure," he said.

Later on Saturday, Trump turned up the volume on his pledge to remain in the race, posting to Twitter that "I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN!#MAGA." He said calls for his departure from the Republican ticket were not reflective of the will of the GOP base and that such calls were the product of "the media and establishment" who "want me out of the race so badly."

Earlier, Trump emerged on Saturday morning with a tweet that was a drastic understatement of the controversy that has consumed his presidential campaign.

"Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!" Trump posted a little before 11 a.m.

The tweet came after the release Friday afternoon of a leaked video from 2005 that included Trump saying that being "a star" entitled him to grope women.

A little after midnight Saturday, Trump apologized, promising to be "a better man tomorrow," but he also attacked the Clintons for Bill Clinton's infidelities.

Republicans have been racing to distance themselves from their nominee, with some even calling for Trump to drop out of the race.

Trump posted the tweet from an Android phone, the device that appears to be the one he uses to send his own tweets.