Posted on 07/31/2015 5:58:01 PM PDT by conservativejoy
Donald Trump remembers exactly when he realized his father was beginning to fade. About six years ago, they were driving down Fifth Avenue when he gave his father big news: he had just bought the land beneath the Empire State Building. ''That's a tall building, isn't it?'' Fred C. Trump replied. ''How many apartments are in that building?'' At first, Donald thought he was kidding. But his father, 87, was developing Alzheimer's.
Fred Trump died last June in Queens, at 93. Donald had visited him in the hospital that night and got the call later when he was by himself, high up in Trump Tower. He cried. It was the saddest day of his life, he says.
The son, now considering a run for the presidency, likes to present himself as a self-made man. But how much of him did his father make? Long before young Trump was putting up glass-and-bronze curtain walls on Fifth Avenue and selling apartments for $38 million, his father was putting bird cages in lobbies to dress up Queens apartment houses -- and releasing balloons on Coney Island at the height of summer with coupons inside for $50 off on a $4,990 Trump home.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Thank you so much, hoosiermama!
We started out looking into his fAmily background 3 & 8
We eventually look into siblings and extended family. Even a post or two into Ivankas in laws
I’ve kept independent FR threads separately. Under a keyword search.
Also am researching books written about and by him. There is a uuuuge amount of material with all the tabloids not all is reliable so we tried to not post them unless it was second source supporting other material
Please add any other material you find. If there is an area you have specific question let me know will try to find answer
Rules of RNC included are bottom of link
Donald John Trump
Born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Jus Soli)
Posting it on the history / vetting thread
Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Jus Sanguinis)
Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
25 posted on August 24, 2015 at 11:02:39 PM EDT by ASA Vet (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
Begin. With 3 & 8. For family history
Family history starts at 3 and 8
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3333217/posts?page=8
( biography book review)
As I’ve told others start with posts on 3 & 8 first
Read other link
More can be found by using search keyword “repository Trump”
Just too much published for one thread
Also suggest reading THE TRUMPS
3 and 8 have good family history link
Enjoy
Thanks, I look forward to viewing those. Anything you have or get would be appreciated. Can’t wait to read them now.
Feel free to add or share. Have just tried to keep it hidden from the boots.
I’ve tried to keep interesting but non tabloid non poll and non rally materials under “repository trump” There are about fifty articles there
Just finished I think the article posted in #3 about his father, I really enjoyed that, but I love bios.
Under search use the keyword tab and type in “repository trump”. That should bring up a multitude (about 50) FR threads dealing with Trump
If you lover history the book THE TRUMPS by Glenda Blair is very detailed and gives a history of not just the family but also of the times and places where they lived. Almost 500 pages with lots of reference. More material than in many biography of our past presidents
I did that before I asked you just now, said no articles found. Will try again. I used Keyword. hmmmmm.
Will try to find it. Hope the Library will have it, as I don’t buy many books any more, my age I’m trying to get rid of stuff and downsize.
just tried again. No luck. no articles found.
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