Fred Trump (nonfiction)
Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real-estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
Born in the Bronx to German immigrants, Fred began working in home construction and sales in the 1920s before heading the real-estate business started by his parents (later known as the Trump Organization).[a] Utilizing federal aid, Fred's company rose to success, building and managing single-family houses in Queens, apartments for war workers on the East Coast during World War II, and more than 27,000 apartments in New York City overall. Trump was investigated for profiteering by a U.S. Senate committee in 1954 and again by New York State in 1966. Donald Trump became the president of his father's real-estate business in 1971, and they were sued by the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for violating the Fair Housing Act in 1973; in the case settlement, the Trumps were ordered to take several measures to curb racial discrimination.
From World War II until the 1980s, to avoid associations with Nazism, Trump denied his German ancestry (instead claiming Swedish heritage) and supported Jewish causes.[b][c] During Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, reports of Fred's arrest at a 1927 Ku Klux Klan parade gained publicity,[d] although there is no conclusive evidence that he supported the organization. Additionally, as president, Donald repeatedly and falsely claimed that his father was born in Germany.[e]
Contradicting Donald Trump's campaign claim that he built a multi-billion-dollar company using "a small loan of a million dollars" from his father, in 2018 The New York Times reported that Trump and his wife provided over $1 billion (in 2018 currency) to their progeny overall, avoiding over $500 million in gift taxes; e.g. in 1987, Trump bought $15.5 million in shares in Trump Palace Condominiums, which he later sold to Donald for $10,000; in 1992 these two set up a subsidiary which was evidently used to funnel Fred's money to his surviving children; shortly before his death, Fred transferred the bulk of his apartment buildings to his children, who several years later sold them for over 16 times their previously declared worth.
Donald Trump on his father
"My father … born … in a very wonderful place in Germany…"
(Fred Trump was born in the Bronx.)
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- Donald Trump @ Wikipedia
- Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters @ The Atlantic - Former aides say that in private, the president has spoken with cynicism and contempt about believers.
- Trump mocks reporter with disability @ YouTube
- A lengthy list of Trump’s disastrous business deals — compiled by his newest business partners @ L.A. Times
- Trump flies @ YouTube
- Trump saying dumb stuff @ YouTube
- Stormy Daniels's Detailed Description of Donald Trump's Penis Explains a Lot @ Esquire
- Just Donald Trump being an absolute idiot @ YouTube
- New Tape Shows Donald Trump And Jeffrey Epstein At Mar-A-Lago Party In 1992 @ YouTube
- Trump to Clinton: 'No, You're the Puppet' @ YouTube
- Why Trump's authoritarian language about 'vermin' matters @ Twitter (17 November 2023) @ NPR - "We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country," he told a New Hampshire crowd.
- As a psychologist, I diagnose Trump with “advanced dementia” in this article @ Twitter (26 January 2024) - Susan Milligan
- Daughters of foot doctor say he diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as ‘favor’ to Fred Trump @ CNN (26 December 2018)
- ‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy @ The Guardian (29 January 2021) - Post @ Twitter (16 April 2024)
- Trump’s hubris has brought about the downfall of his family’s business empire Sidney Blumenthal @ The Guardian - Sidney Blumenthal - Even the giant fortune Trump inherited from his father did not stop him from steering the family’s dynasty on to the rocks
- Post @ Twitter - Long 🧵 on Trump’s casino empire
- The Trump Files: The Shady Way Fred Trump Tried to Save His Son’s Casino @ Mother Jones - see Post @ Twitter (2 March 2024)
- Closer Look: An overview of Donald Trump @ Twitter (6 March 2024)
- Post @ Twitter () - @CaslerNoel has offered to testify under oath to his first-hand knowledge of @realDonaldTrump chopping/snorting Adderall, and the extensive cocaine use by both @IvankaTrump and @DonaldJTrumpJr.
- Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills @ USA Today
- Post @ Twitter (14 April 2024) - Since Adderall is trending, seemed like a good time to repost this interview where @caslernoel shared with me that trump has to wear diapers because all the stuff he snorted made him incontinent. / Be a shame if #DiaperDon trended again.
- Montage of 32 clips from Trump’s two speeches yesterday where he mispronounced words, got confused, mixed up names, forgot names, and babbled insane nonsense @ Twitter (3 March 2024)
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- Post @ Twitter (19 October 2023)