CQ Weekly's Daniel Link and Michael Teitelbaum take a gander at Donald Trumps political donations in the Jan. 31 issue of the magazine (page 214; no link available). They write:

Between his third wedding and the start of the third season of “The Apprentice” this month, Donald Trump seems to be everywhere again. His hard-charging business mystique is well-known, but we don’t hear much about his big-giving political style. In politics, as in business, Trump is a big spender. In the past six years he has bestowed $77,000 in direct and non-federal contributions on political party committees — and has spread that largess fairly evenly among them. Smartly, too: His only donation to a Democratic presidential candidate in the 2004 primaries was $2,000 to John Kerry (he also hedged that bet with a $2,000 gift to President Bush.) And he gives strategically: He sent $5,000 to Mark Foley, the GOP congressman for West Palm Beach, Fla., the locale of Trump’s Mar-a-Largo estate. He also sent $4,500 to Harlem’s Charles B. Rangel, the House’s top tax-policy Democrat. Trump is not the only “Apprentice” cast member on the federal donor rolls. George H. Ross, his tough right-hand man, gave $2,000 to the Kerry campaign — though the other boardroom bully, Carolyn Kepcher, gave nothing. Neither did former Clinton appointee and contestant turned C-list celebrity Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth.

Link and Teitelbaum report that Trump split his money between the two parties relatively evenly ($34,400 for the Dems, $31,750 for the GOP), though he gave $9,000 to the Democratic leadership and no money to the Republican leadership. Even for someone who (amazingly) doesn't watch "The Apprentice," this is still interesting stuff.