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UTUSN

(70,712 posts)
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 10:42 PM Dec 2015

Looks like Wikipedia has been scrubbed(*big*donation?)-no longer Friedrich *DRUMPF* now "born" TRUMP



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http://rockysmith.net/2015/08/15/friedrich-drumpf-and-family/
[font size=5]Friedrich Drumpf and Family[/font]
August 15, 2015 by Rocky Smith

.... The Donald’s grandfather, Friedrich Drumpf, legally changed his name to Frederick Trump in 1892 when he became a U.S. citizen. ....

In 1891, at 22, Friedrich decided to go west to seek his fortune. He moved to Seattle and opened a small late-night restaurant that catered to the clientele of the local saloons, brothels, and opium dens.

It was there in 1892 that Drumpf became Frederick Trump, a naturalized U.S. citizen. ....



FROM WIKIPEDIA: (Grandfather)Frederick Trump ([FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]born Friedrich Trump, erroneously stated as Drumpf[/FONT];[1][2] March 14, 1869 – March 30, 1918) was a German-born American businessman. In 1901, sensing the end of the gold rush and fearing a crackdown on prostitution, Trump sold his investments and used the proceeds to return to Germany.[4] In 1902, Trump returned to Kallstadt to marry his old neighbor Elizabeth Christ (October 10, 1880 – June 6, 1966).[9][10] German authorities determined that Trump had emigrated from Germany to avoid his tax and military-service obligations, and he and his pregnant wife were consequently expelled from the country.

Trump's mother was a Scottish immigrant, born on the Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland.[21] Trump's paternal grandparents were German immigrants;[22] .... In his 1987 book, The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump incorrectly said that Frederick Trump was of Swedish origin, an assertion previously made by Fred Trump for many years. ....

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Looks like Wikipedia has been scrubbed(*big*donation?)-no longer Friedrich *DRUMPF* now "born" TRUMP (Original Post) UTUSN Dec 2015 OP
Man, that family has some shit hair genes. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #1
.... Laffy Kat Dec 2015 #2
Here's the rest of the triptych: UTUSN Dec 2015 #4
German, Scottish or Swede SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #3
Thing is, before Wiki was edited it said the Swedish claim was because of the discrimination UTUSN Dec 2015 #5

UTUSN

(70,712 posts)
5. Thing is, before Wiki was edited it said the Swedish claim was because of the discrimination
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 11:18 PM
Dec 2015

(Fredrich? or son Fred?) felt ashamed and fearful of having experienced. The immigrant experience was profound in all aspects in their family, yet here is their current a-hole blasting immigrants. Not to mention the other two of Cuban heritage.

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