Donald Trump’s wife Melania donated $2.8k to Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2006

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s wife supported Hillary Clinton in 2006. According to US Federal Election Commission filings, Melania Trump donated US$2,000 (AU$2,800) to the then-senator’s “Friends of Hillary Clinton” campaign committee.

Clinton may become her husband’s sole opponent in the coming months, but years before, Melania’s money was on the Democrat politician. The FEC filings, obtained by Buzzfeed, reveal that the 45-year-old former Slovenian model contributed to Clinton’s political campaign on Oct. 10, 2006.

Melania’s generosity may have something to do with her and Trump’s alleged friendship with the Clintons. Hillary and Bill Clinton were guests at her wedding with Trump in 2005. She even relived the memory on her Twitter in 2013, back when Trump still thought Clinton was a competent Secretary of State.

But lest she is accused of leaning toward the Democratic party, Melania also gave money to the Republicans.

She donated to Republican Senator John McCain, who would later square off with President Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, giving him a total of US$4,600 (AU$6,400) for his John McCain 2008 Inc. and McCain-Palin Compliance Fund Inc. campaign committees in 2008. Melania gave US$28,500 (AU$39,400) donation to the Republican National Committee, and the same amount to the McCain Victory 2008.

Trump, on the other hand, has been open about his donations to both the Republican and Democratic parties. He called it a strategic move to be chums with the two opposing political parties.

“Again, I was a businessman, and it was my obligation to get along with everybody, including the Clintons, including Democrats and liberals and Republicans and conservatives,” he told Fox news last month. “As a businessman, I had an obligation to do that.”