A billionaire Democrat who owns a casino and golf resort became a Republican.
Is this guy Trump or what?
He's kind of like Trump in that Trump was also a Democrat at one time, and both got elected in 2016 for the first time as political noobs, but mainly he wants the Donald to help him avoid paying unpaid taxes after a deal with a Russian company:
West Virginia Governor Switches from Democrat to Republican at Trump Rally
from the above article:
“As Republicans have repeatedly said, Jim Justice owes millions of dollars in unpaid company taxes, after a deal with a Russian coal company. The debts have only worsened during Justice’s term term as governor,” DGA executive director Elisabeth Pearson said in a statement. “If President Trump cut a deal, we hope it does not put U.S. taxpayers on the hook to bail out Jim Justice’s personal finances.”