Analysis: Trump wrongly claims his dad was born in Germany — for the third time
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 2 at 3:28 PM Of all the odd, counterfactual and conspiratorial claims President Trump has made over the past four years or so, this one may take the cake: He said Tuesday that his father was born in Germany, even though he wasn’t.“My father is German -- was German,” Trump said. “Born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany.
Donald Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1885. He landed in New York City but eventually made his way west, settling in Seattle. In November 1891, he bought a restaurant at 208 Washington Street in the city for $600. It was in Seattle that Friedrich became a citizen — on Oct. 27, 1892, just in time to register to vote in the 1892 presidential election, the first for which Washington was eligible to cast its ballots.
Trump was perhaps using the claim to express solidarity with the man he was sitting next to Tuesday at the White House, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The previous two times he made this bizarre claim have also been while talking about U.S.-European relations.
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