Donald Trump joked that Kamala Harris rips off his policy ideas so often that he ought to send the vice president a MAGA hat at their first debate. 

The former president has recently hit at Harris for repeating his ideas on border security and taking away taxes on tipped workers’ wages.

Trump began to list failed Democrat policies at the ABC News debate and specified he wasn’t talking about Harris because ‘she has no policy. Everything she believed and believes four years ago is out the window.’

‘She’s going to my philosophy now,’ he continued. ‘In fact, I was gonna send her a MAGA hat. She’s gone to my philosophies’.

It echoes a statement Trump made earlier this week at the Economic Club of New York on September 5. 

Harris revealed she was copying the flagship Trump policy at a rally in Las Vegas in July. 

She told attendees her government will ‘eliminate taxes on tips for hospitality and service utility workers.’ 

The announcement drew huge applause.

Trump himself attacked Kamala in a post on Truth Social, asking: ‘How long will it be before Kamala Harris comes out with another “TRUMP” policy like, “No Taxes will be paid by our Senior Citizens on Social Security?” 

‘She’s looking really bad now! Everyone is waiting to see what idea, or policy of mine, she will copy next.’ 

And Team Trump was also quick to point out that Harris’ idea is not an original one, and even suggested she was lying about her vow to implement it. 

‘Kamala just announced she is stealing President Trump’s “NO TAX ON TIPS” proposal,’ a spokesperson posted on X. 

‘But like everything else she says, it’s a pure political calculation she’ll never actually do — but President Trump WILL.’

Trump’s proposal was hailed by both liberals and conservatives. 

Democrats have traditionally prioritized raising the minimum wage over protecting tips.

They say their policy helps working class voters attain an acceptable standard of living. 

Critics claim the policy pushes up prices and worsens inflation, which hits those on smaller salaries hardest.

Saturday’s play by Harris seen as the White House hopeful parking her tanks on Trump’s lawn. 

Harris hailed her credentials as a former McDonald’s worker during her rally and drew loud applause when she namechecked a local hospitality union. 

Many hospitality and service workers depend on tips to pay their bills, with Team Trump calculating that the policy could help him make further inroads with blue collar and working class voters.

Trump is credited with helping move the GOP’s image away from a party for the rich, to one that has the interests of the working and middle classes at heart.