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"I may very well change it," Donald Trump said of his campaign's often-aggressive tone. "But right now it seems to be working pretty well.” | AP Photo Trump: Maybe I shouldn't change my tone

Donald Trump has frequently insisted that he would tone down his outspoken, brash style if were elected president.

But on NBC's "Today" on Wednesday morning, hours after a landslide victory in the Nevada caucuses, co-host Willie Geist asked the Republican frontrunner why he would change his formula.

“Well, I have to tell you, maybe I shouldn’t be changing it too much," he said, after Geist mentioned an incident with a protester at an event Monday during which Trump said he "would like to punch him in the face."

"That protester was out of line, he was hitting people, he was screaming during the speech and everybody wanted to hear what I was saying," Trump said. "And he was screaming horribly and the cops were so gentle when they took him out. And when they took him out, he had a big smile on his face, waving to the people, you know, like he’s having a good time. They were booing him. Then I said, in the old days, he would have been taken out on a stretcher. But today, we’re not even allowed to touch him. That’s disgraceful, but nevertheless.”

POLITICO reported from the scene of the Las Vegas rally, with one security guard at the facility saying that Trump was "over-exaggerating" and that the man did not throw any punches.

Trump returned to his normal line that he "might tone it down a little."

"I may very well change it," he added, "but right now it seems to be working pretty well.”