Posted on 11/22/2016 5:40:36 PM PST by ifinnegan
A historian has discovered a royal decree issued to Donald Trump’s grandfather ordering him to leave Germany and never come back.
Friedrich Trump, a German, was issued with the document in February 1905, and ordered to leave the kingdom of Bavaria within eight weeks as punishment for having failed to do mandatory military service and failing to give authorities notice of his departure to the US when he first emigrated in 1885.
Kallstadt, Germany: on the trail of 'the Donald' in the Trump ancestral home Read more Roland Paul, a historian from Rhineland-Palatinate who found the document in local archives, told the tabloid Bild: “Friedrich Trump emigrated from Germany to the USA in 1885. However, he failed to de-register from his homeland and had not carried out his military service, which is why the authorities rejected his attempt at repatriation.”
The decree orders the “American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump” to leave the area “at the very latest on 1 May ... or else expect to be deported”. Bild called the archive find an “unspectacular piece of paper”, that had nevertheless “changed world history”.
Trump was born in Kallstadt, now in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in 1869. He emigrated to the US aged 16 initially to escape poverty, attracted by the gold rush.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
To quote Mrs. Clinton ;” What difference at this point does it make?”
very sad. My husband’s family came in the mid 1860’s thereabouts, mostly farming sorts.
Bravo!
Yep.
I’d take getting thrown out or run out of Europe as a badge of honor.
"We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! … We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us."
Autocomplete shouldn’t be allowed.
Yes, if you want to mess with a lib, ask them if it is true that people in America have a bigger environmental footprint than almost anyone else in the world. Then ask them why we would want high levels of immigration.
SNOWFLAKE?? Don’t make me hit the abuse button!
Had to chuckle about the losers going all the way back to 1905 and digging in Grandpa’s life.
These people are nuts!
There is only so much he can do prior to being sworn in, buck up, we are in for a very fast ride.
Is there any mention in the article of the period of service if you were drafted? My ancestors in Russia left because they, as Volga Germans, had been told by Russia they would not be drafted, as part of the original incentive to move there, but the government reneged on that. The period of service was 20 years. Essentially, with the short life spans there, you were going to be in the Army for the rest of your miserable life. That makes escaping to America look like a much better option.
I think Tiffany’s mom was American.
There you go again, getting all triggly on me like some Starbucks barista.
Yep. Then ask them how many is enough? 625 million?
2 billion, 5 billion? more?
Guardian is such a communist rag.
My great great great great grandfather was run out of a long succession of mayoral terms in England over fishing rights. That’s how we got here. They were gonna send him with da fishes if ya know.
Hit piece. WE DON’T GIVE A DAMN!
I thought the name TRUMP was an easier version of DRUMPF (or something like that) ... making this story as bogus as hell.
Months ago he as much indicated that his promises were subject to revision.
Trump will not be Hillary. I expect only that much.
Low expectations: the secret of contentment.
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