How Trump donated to Kamala Harris’ campaign before Biden picked her as running mate

Details of how US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump donated to the campaign of  Kamala Harris in the past have emerged.

Trump is to challenge Harris, expected Democrat nominee and President Joe Biden’s deputy, in the November 5, 2024 election.

According to records from the California Secretary of State, Trump made two donations to Harris’ re-election campaign when she served as California’s attorney general.

Harris held the office from 2011 to 2017, before to her election to the U.S. Senate.

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Trump donated $5,000 to her campaign in 2011 and another $1,000 in 2013.

Similarly, in 2014, his daughter Ivanka Trump also supported Harris with a $2,000 donation.

The Guardian quoted Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican National Committee, as saying, “So when Trump wrote that check to re-elect Kamala Harris in 2011, I bet he didn’t think she’d cash it in 2024!”

This isn’t the first instance of reports surfacing about Trump’s contributions to Harris’ past campaign.

The news made the rounds in 2020 when Biden chose her as his running mate.

Trump made the donations as a courtesy to New York’s former top prosecutor, Eric Schneiderman, who hosted a fundraiser for Harris in September 2011, according to Fox News.