In 2016, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump couldn’t be farther from one another on the political landscape. However, that hasn’t always been the case—new documents show a cozy relationship between the Trump and Clinton families.
A series of documents were released by The William J. Clinton Presidential Library on April 12, 2016 and included a revealing letter by New Jersey radio and TV host Tony August who suggested that then-president Clinton should come to an Atlantic City event and meet Trump.
The letter is dated April 2, 1993.
“For the record, lest there be any misunderstanding, I am not, in any way in the employ of Donald Trump, directly or indirectly, nor do I speak for him.”
August continued: “I’m also not a matchmaker, but if you two don’t know each other you should. You have much in common, age, broad vision for the future and most important, the resources and desire to make America bigger and better than it already is.”
There’s been no evidence so far that Clinton attended the event.
One of the documents released stated that Donald Trump sent Christmas Cards to the Clinton family from the years 1995-2000.
Another document shows that Bill Clinton, while in office in 1999 followed Trump’s flirtation with running for president in the 2000 election cycle. At the time the current Republican frontrunner was considering running for The Reform Party.
Politico reports that a news story from 1999 entitled, “Trump has plan to soak the rich,” caught the attention of President Clinton’s deputy press secretary at the time, Jake Siewert.
“We may need guidance on this,” Siewert wrote to members of Clinton’s economic team.
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