The former Republican president was once a registered Democrat and even donated money to Kamala Harris. Here's a look back at how Donald Trump's political affiliations have changed over time, and why.
But before they were political rivals, Trump was actually one of Harris' financial donors.
State records show that Trump donated US$6,000 ($9,107) in total to the then-California attorney-general's campaign — US$5,000 ($7,589) in September 2011 after she was first elected, and another US$1,000 ($1,518) in 2013.
At the time of both donations to Harris' campaign, Trump was registered as a Republican.
The former president wasn't the only member of his family contributing money to Harris; his eldest daughter Ivanka donated US$2,000 ($3,036) in 2014 to her re-election campaign.
Trump first registered as a member of the Republican Party in 1987. But records show that since then he's changed his party affiliation five times.
In October 1999, he joined the Independence Party of New York.
Not long after, he declared himself a potential candidate for the Reform Party's presidential nomination for the 2000 election. The Independence Party of New York was at that time the state affiliate of the national Reform Party.
Then in 2001, Trump became a Democrat — and remained one for eight years.
In a 2004 interview with CNN, he said that "in many cases" he identified more as a Democrat than Republican.
"It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans," he said.
Despite his praise for the Democrats, Trump returned to the Republican Party in 2012 and has remained a member since.
Trump has always been "ideologically inconsistent" on most issues, according to Emma Shortis, a senior researcher in international and security affairs at public policy think tank The Australia Institute.
"The through line is always his desire to access power and access elite circles," she said.
"He's always been pretty desperate to be validated by the American elite, as often as disdainful as he is of them, he wants access to that … so every time I think Trump has changed, you can explain that change by that desire for power, and elite access."
At the time of Trump's donations to Harris' campaign, he was facing a class action about whether Trump University had defrauded its students.
As Trump, Musk and even Bill Maher prove, all you have to do if you want to be labelled as an evil person is to disagree with the Democratic looney left.
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