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In reply to the discussion: Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,319 posts)53. Sweden - during and after WW2
Fred Trump sought to pass himself off as Swedish amid anti-German sentiment sparked by World War II. According to the biography "The Trumps: Three Generations that Built an Empire" by Gwenda Blair, Fred Trump denied knowing German and did not teach it to his children.
John Walter, a Trump family historian and one of Donald Trump's cousins, said this was an effort to not offend his Jewish customers.
"He said, 'You don't sell apartments after the war if you're German,'?" Walter said in the Boston Globe article. "So he's Swedish, no problem."
Even after World War II, Fred Trump continued to claim he was Swedish, according to Walter.
Walter declined to comment to CNN on the family's heritage when reached by phone on Tuesday. CNN also has reached out to the White House for comment.
In his book, "The Art of the Deal," Donald Trump reaffirmed the myth of his family's origins, writing that his father's father came to America "from Sweden as a child."
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/trump-family-heritage/index.html
John Walter, a Trump family historian and one of Donald Trump's cousins, said this was an effort to not offend his Jewish customers.
"He said, 'You don't sell apartments after the war if you're German,'?" Walter said in the Boston Globe article. "So he's Swedish, no problem."
Even after World War II, Fred Trump continued to claim he was Swedish, according to Walter.
Walter declined to comment to CNN on the family's heritage when reached by phone on Tuesday. CNN also has reached out to the White House for comment.
In his book, "The Art of the Deal," Donald Trump reaffirmed the myth of his family's origins, writing that his father's father came to America "from Sweden as a child."
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/trump-family-heritage/index.html
For money, basically. And Donald continued the lie.
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Exactly. "Trump is a monster." This should be the theme of every Dem campaign.
lagomorph777
Oct 2019
#56
this is insane. but why wait for the book pr then tell it back then. fuck those money grubbers
Lib 4 Life
Oct 2019
#7
Shoot children in their legs and you don't need such expensive cages. Film at 11:00.
keithbvadu2
Oct 2019
#8
Alligator-filled moats through the desert along the Mexican border
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2019
#17
At the time his grandfather was born there was no such thing as Germany. He was born in 1869....
George II
Oct 2019
#40
For some reason I thought they lied and said they were Swiss to avoid the stigma at the time
mr_lebowski
Oct 2019
#49
It would not surprise me if Bolton and some of his friends in the State Dept. are leaking things.
George II
Oct 2019
#60
This is why I roll my eyes at anyone who still says we don't have a race problem
Blue_Tires
Oct 2019
#57