Trump Intervention by Top Republicans Hopes to Reset Campaign After Disastrous Week: Report

Several top Republican figures, including some who have endorsed Donald Trump, are planning an "intervention" with the Republican nominee, following several catastrophic days that have left him under attack from all sides.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani are among those hoping to talk the New York businessman into swiftly and dramatically resetting his campaign for the good of his White House bid and the party, according to NBC News.

The group is hoping for help from Trump's children, whom the Republican nominee says he listens to most, with the aim that they will be able to convince their father to get the campaign back on track after days of feuding with the parents of a fallen Muslim-American soldier that even his closest political allies, like Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, have called inappropriate.

Despite the obvious turmoil, Trump insisted in a tweet on Wednesday that the party and his campaign had "great unity."

Trump's social media posting was also a reference to reports that his camp is rapidly disintegrating, including those at the top of the organization, such as campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is reportedly "frustrated."

Manafort said on Fox News Wednesday that he has heard nothing of an intervention. He said no such meeting would be necessary, with the exception of "with some media types who keep saying things that aren't true." He added: "The candidate's in control of his own campaign."

Trump running mate Mike Pence also said he has "never heard anything about a meeting of that kind," suggesting it was little more than "inside baseball discussions."

There is little evidence to suggest that even if the group could convince Trump to meet that they would be able to convince him, at age 70, to change the way he has done business for decades — including what was largely seen as a successful primary season.

In the last 48 hours alone, Trump continued his war of words with a Gold Star family, declared that he'd "always wanted" a Purple Heart but that it's "easier" to receive one as a gift, and declined to endorse Republican candidates including House Speaker Paul Ryan.

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