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Reuters: Former President Donald Trump Only Living President To Not Have Slave Owning Ancestors
Reuters via WSAU ^ | Jun 27, 2023 | Thomas Schumacher

Posted on 06/27/2023 4:34:49 PM PDT by Salman

WASHINGTON DC (WSAU) – Five out of the last six living US presidents are descended from slaveowners, according to a recent Reuters investigation.

The ancestors of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter were discovered to have owned slaves. On his mother’s side, Obama’s family-owned slaves.

The only former president whose ancestors were not slaveholders was Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.

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(Excerpt) Read more at wsau.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: ancestors; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; race; slavery; trump
That is living former presidents. There were plenty of others, including FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy.

Not really pertinent to anything, but it makes a good gotcha.

1 posted on 06/27/2023 4:34:49 PM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Indeed.


2 posted on 06/27/2023 4:37:32 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Salman

I’m sure it wasn’t for lack of trying to find one


3 posted on 06/27/2023 4:42:56 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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I’m sure it wasn’t for lack of trying to find one

Probably has more to do with him being part of a lineage that is outside of the establishment, than it does what ever the hell you just said.

4 posted on 06/27/2023 4:49:28 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

Actually I misread your post. Regards.


5 posted on 06/27/2023 5:30:49 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Rural_Michigan

Actually I misread your post. Regards.


6 posted on 06/27/2023 5:31:23 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Salman

As a Southerner with ancestors going back ten generations, I’ll not saya word.


7 posted on 06/27/2023 5:58:14 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: FreeReign

Also that. And thanks


8 posted on 06/27/2023 6:00:16 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: Salman

BFD...No one has control over what their ancestors did.


9 posted on 06/27/2023 6:01:36 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: Salman

I’m pretty sure if he were to make an appearance on ‘Finding your Roots’, that Henry Louis Gates Jr. would find some... That appears to be his specialty...

I’m surprised that they haven’t arranged episodes where they invite a black celeb and a white celeb and do their family history... Only to find out that the white celeb’s ancestors owned the black celebs ancestors... That would be hilarious.


10 posted on 06/27/2023 6:14:04 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

I wonder if obama’s mother’s side bought their slaves from his father’s side


11 posted on 06/27/2023 6:42:46 PM PDT by changeitback440
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To: All

He is also the only living president to cheat on his first wife and second wife and third wife.


12 posted on 06/27/2023 9:26:14 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: thegagline

I see why the gag in your line… Envy is ugly most especially when the hypocrites wear it.


13 posted on 06/27/2023 9:32:23 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Just mythoughts
Envy is ugly most especially when the hypocrites wear it.

Envy serial infidelity? I feel sorry for your spouse…and by “spouse” I mean beard.

14 posted on 06/27/2023 10:30:42 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Salman
[The only former president whose ancestors were not slaveholders was Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.]

The REALLY shocking thing here is that Rooters is reporting this.


15 posted on 06/28/2023 1:16:26 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: thegagline

Always the projectionist.. None placed you the judge over infidelity .. it quite frankly is none of your business… The Heavenly Father will judge and He does not need your assistance.. perhaps if you familiarized yourself with Matthew 23 you could save US from your sanctimonious, self righteous, and odious presence..

Again you demonstrate what a pathetic judge of character you possess.


16 posted on 06/28/2023 3:12:18 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Just mythoughts

At least being amoral will get you out of jury duty. When your spouse cheats on you, remember not to judge him.


17 posted on 06/28/2023 4:38:02 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: thegagline

Written just like the scribe I thought you to be... What part of the Heavenly Father will judge do you not comprehend ... I consider your heel biting of President Trump to be amoral ... so there is that. Obsessive compulsive behavior does not a ‘good’ judge make.


18 posted on 06/28/2023 4:42:27 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Salman

Looks like a Trump statute is safe to erect

Obama shoots at sea gulls


19 posted on 06/28/2023 8:41:37 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Salman; All

They apparently didn’t think it important to mention...

Obama’s black father was from an African tribe that enslaved people from other tribes and sold them to the European slave traders who sold them in North and South America.


20 posted on 06/28/2023 8:43:22 PM PDT by octex
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