LEVIN: “He just talks up Reid. He just talks up Pelosi. He just talks up Schumer and he trashes the hell out of the most conservative member of the United States Senate,” Levin said.....
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Jan 7, 2016 - Chuck Schumer: “...Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate who says don’t cut Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, he’s the only Republican candidate who’s against free trade,” Schumer explained. “He’s the only one who voices clearly this idea that ‘well if very wealthy people aren’t paying their fair share of taxes, they ought to.’”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/schumer-trump-bipartisan-2016-budget-article-1.2488856
June 16, 2016: “....Trump defended his donations to New York Democrats in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that April, proclaiming that in the state, “everyone is Democratic” and implying that to donate otherwise would be waste of his money.
“So, what am I going to do, contribute to Republicans? Am I going to contribute to, I mean, one thing I’m not stupid. Am I going to contribute to a Republican for my whole life when they get, they run against some Democrat. And the most they can get is one percent of the vote,” he said, noting his “good relationship” with and donations to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Trump last donated to Schumer directly in 2010, though he had made donations ranging from $250 to $2,000 since 1996.
“I mean, I’ve contributed to Schumer, I contribute - I’ve known Schumer for many, many years. And I have a good relationship with him. The fact is, that I think it is time maybe that we all do get along,” he told Hannity...
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/donald-trump-donations-democrats-hillary-clinton-119071
“I mean, I’ve contributed to Schumer, I contribute - I’ve known Schumer for many, many years. And I have a good relationship with him. ...”
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They both share those “New York City values”.
Trump last donated to Schumer directly in 2010, though he had made donations ranging from $250 to $2,000 since 1996.
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I posted all of Trumps campaign contributions within the last 24 hours. Most of these contributions are what we refer to in fundraising as “go away” money. Trump has donated from 1997 to present, $1.3 million to over 350 recipients.
Mr Ted Cruz on the other hand, has taken 13 million from one guy...that is some serious influence peddling, right there. See the difference?