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In an appearance on Fox News Thursday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus (pictured March 4) downplayed the significance of his meeting with Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. | Getty Priebus: Everyone will support the eventual nominee

Reince Priebus is confident that despite recent wavering from the candidates on whether they’d honor their pledge to support their party’s eventual nominee, everyone will eventually get in line — and he's got leverage to help his cause.

“They’re not gonna get the data and the tools of the RNC … and tell me they’re not gonna support the nominee, it doesn’t work that way,” the Republican National Committee chairman said in an appearance on Fox News Thursday.

As Trump sparked a series of controversial headlines on the trail and in interviews over the past week, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have both called into question their support if Trump is the nominee. And on Tuesday, Trump was clear that he wasn't holding to his pledge: "No, I don't anymore,” he said during CNN’s town hall.

Preibus also downplayed his meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday, which had not been publicly announced.

He said it was scheduled “days ago” after they knew that Trump would be coming into Washington and that they talked about “pretty normal stuff, actually.”

“We had a good meeting, and we talked a little bit about the process, a little bit about the convention,” Preibus said. “We did talk about unity,” he added, confirming comments Trump had made in an interview that is set to air on Bill O’Reilly Thursday night.

“It was a very good meeting. We met with Reince Priebus and the staff. They are very good people, very actually terrific meeting I think. It’s really a unity meeting,” Trump said according to a transcript.