The re-branding of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has already begun.

After spending much of 2016 election season insisting that the federal minimum wage should not be raised from its current level of $7.25 an hour, the billionaire real estate mogul is now greenlighting an increase that would be handled by the states.

Trump Once Argued Some Wages Were too High

That's in stark contrast to a 2015 position Trump took where he reasoned wages are "too high."

Trump now argues his change of heart is the result of having crisscrossed the country, an experience that gave him an opportunity to converse with working-class people about all their financial heartache.

"I have seen what's going on," he told "Meet The Press." "And I don't know how people make it on $7.25 an hour. Now, with that being said, I would like to see an increase of some magnitude. But I'd rather leave it to the states. Let the states decide."

Later while appearing on an episode of "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, Trump added, "I haven't decided in terms of numbers, but I think people have to get more."

"Fight for 15" Movement Still Building

Blue collar workers across the country have joined forces in a movement aimed at raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The "Fight for 15" campaign has already paid dividends, with workers in Los Angeles, New York and Oregon all slated to see their wages rise to that level by 2022.

Cities including Seattle, Washington D.C. and Chicago have also set in motion plans to substantially raise the minimum over the next several years.

At the height of all the ongoing brokering, Trump went on record with his assertion that he was not sympathetic to the coalition's plight.

"I can't be and the reason I can't be is because we are a country that is being beaten on every front," he previously told reporters. "Taxes too high, wages too high, we're not going to be able to compete against the world."

Trump later insisted he never said wages were too high across the country, only that the minimum wage should not be increased. He added that all those jumping on the raise the minimum bandwagon are doing so only because it's so good to do so politically.

"Our country is losing businesses," he insisted.

A recent Pew Research study found that Hispanics comprise only 16 percent of the pool of salary workers, but make up 27 percent of those toiling for near-the-minimum wage earnings. Researchers also found 46 percent of all female Hispanic workers earned near-the-minimum wages in 2013, compared to just 25 percent of all white male workers.

Meanwhile, Trump's likely general election opponent, Hillary Clinton, insists she is all in on the fight to raise the minimum to $15 an hour across the board.

"It's a result of what is best about New York and what is best for America," she recently said. "And I know that it's going to sweep our country."