Actually, I think Trump joined the Reform Party. At least for a while.
I doubt that down deep he is no more liberal than Bush 41.
Right, the pro-abortion liberal was Independent from 1999 to 2001, it was 2001 when he became a democrat. Trump was democrat from 2001 to 2009.
Here he is in 1999.
“TRUMP PUMPED TO HIT STUMP – WANTS TO RUN WITH OPRAH ON HIS TICKET
By Deborah OrinOctober 8, 1999 | 4:00am
The Donald and The Body met in Manhattan last night to discuss The Presidency, which Trump wants to seek with Oprah Winfrey as his running mate.
Trump and Minnesota Gov. Jesse “The Body” Ventura talked politics over dinner – hours after Trump announced he’s starting an exploratory committee to study a White House run.
Asked by The Post afterward if he’s running for president, Trump said: “Yeah, I am.”
Trump said earlier that he needs an exploratory committee “because so many people have put so much pressure on me to run. I would not be running if I thought I couldn’t get the nomination and win.”
Trump says he wants Oprah as veep because “she’s great,” and if she joins him in the race, “we’ll win.”
But a spokeswoman for TV’s daytime diva said, “Oprah is not running” – although she didn’t totally slam the door, saying that’s Oprah’s position “at this point in time.”
Trump and Ventura didn’t disclose specifics, but they had plenty to discuss over their meal at the Trump International Hotel.
Ventura leads the ruling faction of Ross Perot’s Reform Party – which, though tangled in nasty internal warfare, has $12.5 million in taxpayer money for its 2000 nominee.
“I think he’s a great guy,” Trump said of Ventura.
They were joined by actor Woody Harrelson and Trump’s model gal pal, Melania Knauss.”