The Des Moines Register checks in with the Donald:
Trump, who is now in his sixth year of marriage to Melania, owns a portfolio of skyscrapers, golf courses and beauty pageants, and has made plenty of generous contributions to Republicans, too.
He told the Register his philosophies have changed over the years and now “I’m a very conservative person. Extremely conservative.”
AdvertisementAmes resident A.J. Spiker, 31, a real estate agent and a former chairman of the Story County Republicans, will take some convincing of that.
“It’s not just one piece of baggage with him, it’s a whole lot,” he said. “I don’t see him as a viable candidate.”
Baggage? What baggage?
Real estate billionaire Donald Trump gave Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel $50,000 in December 2010, just months before hinting to the media he is seriously contemplating a bid to be the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nominee.Illinois State Board of Elections records show Trump’s contribution to Emanuel, Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, was not the first time Trump has donated to Illinois candidates. ISBE records show the New York native also gave $5000 to a Republican gubernatorial candidate George Ryan in 1998. After Ryan was elected, Trump followed up with another $5000 three years later, weeks before Ryan announced he was not seeking re-election.
Sixteen months later, Trump then donated $5000 to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich and gave another $2000 in 2002, during Blagojevich’s his successful re-election bid.
Former Governor George Ryan is now sitting in federal prison and impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich is now being retried in a federal court on felony charges.
Trump has also sent $12,500 to the Cook County Democratic Party.
The Des Moines Register’s article is titled, “Trump predicts he can win over Iowa’s skeptics.”
He’s got his work cut out for him.
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