Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
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Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
It seems the Trump family has been lying about their ancestry for a couple of generations. Donald Trump himself claimed in his book Trump: The Art of the Deal from 1987 that his father came to America as a boy, having emigrated from Sweden.
But it's not true. At least not according to the biographies The Trumps: Three Generations That Built An Empire by Gwenda Blair, and The lost tycoon by Henry Hurt.
In their research into the Trump family, both author's have come to the conclusion that the Swedish origins was just a story invented by Trump's father. During the middle of the 19th century, Trump's true decent - German - was simply bad for business.
“In the 1940s, people, especially in the real estate industry in New York, didn't want to hear that somebody was German — so let's get rid of that. Let's be Swedish,” Gwenda Blair said in an inteview with Inside Edition.
According to the New York Times, Donald Trump even asked his father why he had to keep the lie going at the time of writing Trump: the Art of the Deal.
Henry Hurt writes that the reason for continuing the story was to not upset the Jewish tenants of Trump real estate, reports Aftonbladet.
The true story is that Trump's grandparents on his father's side came to America from the German town of Kallstadt in 1905. On his mother's side, Trump's ancestry is Scottish.
"I don't believe there's any Swedish ancestry whatsoever," biographer Gwenda Blair said
https://nordic.businessinsider.com/dona ... lie-2016-8
The Art of the Deal has sold over a million copies, that means Trump, in writing lied to at least a million people about his heritage. No way he can run in 2020
But it's not true. At least not according to the biographies The Trumps: Three Generations That Built An Empire by Gwenda Blair, and The lost tycoon by Henry Hurt.
In their research into the Trump family, both author's have come to the conclusion that the Swedish origins was just a story invented by Trump's father. During the middle of the 19th century, Trump's true decent - German - was simply bad for business.
“In the 1940s, people, especially in the real estate industry in New York, didn't want to hear that somebody was German — so let's get rid of that. Let's be Swedish,” Gwenda Blair said in an inteview with Inside Edition.
According to the New York Times, Donald Trump even asked his father why he had to keep the lie going at the time of writing Trump: the Art of the Deal.
Henry Hurt writes that the reason for continuing the story was to not upset the Jewish tenants of Trump real estate, reports Aftonbladet.
The true story is that Trump's grandparents on his father's side came to America from the German town of Kallstadt in 1905. On his mother's side, Trump's ancestry is Scottish.
"I don't believe there's any Swedish ancestry whatsoever," biographer Gwenda Blair said
https://nordic.businessinsider.com/dona ... lie-2016-8
The Art of the Deal has sold over a million copies, that means Trump, in writing lied to at least a million people about his heritage. No way he can run in 2020
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
John Oliver covered that one years ago. He had a slogan 'Make Donald Drumpf Again'. Made little red hats and everything.
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
Can I rescind my vote?
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
I love how the right thinks it's not the party that's obsessed with identity politics.analhamster wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:23 pm John Oliver covered that one years ago. He had a slogan 'Make Donald Drumpf Again'. Made little red hats and everything.
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
Honest question here: Are DNA tests able to tell blonde Nordic from blonde German ?
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
This was the tweet that started it-
Stewart laughed it off as Trump attempting to out him as a Jew, then John Oliver outed Trump as a DrumpfDrumpf tweet wrote:If Jon Stewart is so above it all & legit, why did he change his name from Jonathan Leibowitz? He should be proud of his heritage!
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
The only difference is Warren is a white woman co-opting the identity of indigenous native americans that were the victims of genocide by white colonizers. The Trumps are just con men.
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
Not reliably, no. It's mostly a sales gimmick
https://www.livescience.com/7384-geneti ... tists.html
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
So her parents told her she was indian and she wrote that on a card maybe 7 people have looked at and this got her what exactly? The was no Ancestry.com in 1987
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
Like I said. It no longer matters. They will just weaponize it now and beat her to death with it undermining her credibility. Of course I thinks its bullshit but in my opinion....and only my opinion......it kills her chances now
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Re: Donald Trump claimed he was of Swedish ancestry - but it's a lie
MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE. IT"S MY TOLERANCE FOR IDIOTS THAT NEEDS WORK