Does anyone know when trump when from being a

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2. he always was who he is now. he hasn't grown since he was 6 years old.

he was just being his own super-narcissistic conman self when he pretended to be a democrat while playing the manhattan real estate game, which requires working relationships (and in his case, probably illicit relationships also) with the heavily democratic local government. so the choice of parties was obvious.

eventually no one in new york would do business with him, they had no use for him and he had no use for them. he changed his business model to boosting his image more broadly and licensing his name. in that part of the business world, republicans dominate; and certainly once he overtly went political, again, the choice was obvious.