[ifinnegan]

Weird little story.

Guardian must somehow think it makes Trump look bad.

Liberals like this kind of stuff.

I think it is interesting history but in no way impugns Trump's grandfather, as seems to be the intention.

[Pearls Before Swine]

If only this had been common knowledge before the election!

/S

[dp0622]

TRUMP’S GRANDFATHER IS A DRAFT DODGER..WAS A DRAFT DODGER IN 1905!!!!

HOW CAN HE BE FIT FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!

If I had known this before I would have changed my vote to Stein :)

[Secret Agent Man]

uniparty media is working overtime on stories like this.

i am sure they think they are winning.

[goldstategop]

Trump is German on his father’s side - Scottish on his mother’s.

[magna carta]

Many Germans left to USA and had no love for the Kaiser and serving in the military. My husband’s German family and helping my son do his ancestry project taught me a lot about this.

[dhs12345]

From a pauper to a billionaire in a couple of generations — ISN’T AMERICAN GREAT!

[McGruff]

I thought Trump was Jewish?

[Genoa]

If Trump’s grandfather had stayed in Germany he would probably be dead by now.

[RegulatorCountry]

Odd how they can dredge up the most picayune, obscure things about not just Donald Trump but his ancestors, considering that so many glaringly obvious omissions, deflections and untruths have been repeatedly ignored and glossed over with Obama.

[bigbob]

I’d think getting kicked out of Germany would be a real plus!

[marktwain]

Bavaria’s loss was our great gain.

The article has stuff wrong. There was not gold rush in the U.S. in 1885. The gold rush that year was in Australia, and a year later, in South Africa.

Friedrich Trump made his fortune in the Alaskan gold rush from 1896-1899.

[Paladin2]

Old News = History

KKK = DemocRATS

[Jack Hammer]

If Trump were a Leftie, the democrats would be cheering the news.

[Gumdrop]

They did Friedrich a favor. He avoided the WWI.

Actually it was a common thing for Germans to ‘escape’ to America to avoid mandatory military duty. Nothing to be ashamed of.

[dragnet2]

1885? The media is mining deep. Maybe this should be in breaking!

[Da Coyote]

The Guardian has special equipment which allows them to descend to depths of depravity unreachable by even the New York Times.

[Jamestown1630]

I love the smell of desperation in the morning...

[PGR88]

He emigrated to the US aged 16 initially to escape poverty, attracted by the gold rush.

I like the man already.

[metmom]

I guess they are thinking it impugns Trump.

Nope.

[Perchant]

If Trump’s grandfather didn’t obey the.sovereignty laws of that land, then he should be banished from that land.

Common sense. I hope Trump shows the same rational policies, But my faith in him is fading fast. Even before he’s sworn in.