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Why is he the last WASP POTUS? Why aren’t Clinton or Chimpy not WASPs? Why isn’t Trump considered a WASP? What kind of nonsense is that?

Freeper Dr. Sivana posted this on another thread recently:

Here is a definition from Perplexity ai:
Some key points about WASPs:
The term emerged in the 1960s to describe the elite upper class of American society that had roots tracing back to the original English Protestant settlers of the 17th century.
WASPs historically held a position of power, wealth, and influence in American society, politics, academia, and culture for several centuries.
The WASP establishment was seen as promoting its own cultural values and traditions derived from Northern European Protestant backgrounds.
Over time, the WASP elite’s influence has declined as American society became more diverse and meritocratic, though remnants of the old establishment persist in certain institutions.
The term can have negative connotations of exclusivity, snobbery, and discrimination against non-WASPs, though it was originally a sociological descriptor.

The term's reference to northerners would exclude Clinton. Many of the southern whites trace their lineage to the 1800s when there was a large migration from Scotland. Most Scots were Gaels or Celts, not Anglo-Saxons.

I suppose Trump could be ethnically be called a WASP from his German side, but his forebearers migrated much later -- his Trump grandfather from Germany and his mother from Scotland.