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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo Donald, no one is taking away YOUR
history or heritage.
Last night he said (not the first time I'm pretty sure): "And yes, by the way -- and yes, by the way, they are trying to take away our history and our heritage."
Trump's grandfather came from Germany to avoid the draft there. His grandmother came from Germany and his mother from Scotland. Two of his three wives are immigrants. Not one member of his family ever served in any branch of the U.S. military or fought for this country. Donald Trump's history and heritage is one of immigrants, which is ironic as he used hatred of immigrants to help get elected.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I have come to lie to you about our bonds of kinship, not to take away our monuments.
I used to ask my students why everyone thought that W was a down to earth, normal person when he was born into a billionaire family and sent to Ivy League schools. Well, it's a rhetorical device used to deceive the idiots who idolize him. This is nothing new. Rethugs have been doing this for decades. tRump is very good at descending to level of the riff raff who voted for him.
PatSeg
(47,458 posts)that except for the money, Trump is just like them, even though he has a history of treating the "common people" like dirt. People are there to serve him and of course adore him.
Ironically we had two presidents in recent years who came from modest backgrounds, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, yet they were tagged as out-of-touch elites. They would much rather have a gold-plated New York quasi billionaire, who they think relates to them.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)Even if he wasn't 100% Repub when running, he has been very right ever since.
PatSeg
(47,458 posts)Trump has no convictions, so whatever party serves him and his needs, that's where he'll go. The republican party, however, does compliment his inherent racism, xenophobia, and sexism.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)PatSeg
(47,458 posts)wasn't born until after the Civil War. Trump claims a history and heritage that he doesn't know or care about anyway.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)he is really delusional and pulling things out of his arse.
Master_Monstruwacan
(71 posts)I read that he was arrested at one of their rallies. Maybe he was there to protest white supremacy?
PatSeg
(47,458 posts)Old Fred was just the 1920s version of Antifa, protesting racism and hate.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)dear old daddy Fred didn't have the same kind of instinct!
George II
(67,782 posts)...he was deported because he dodged the draft. Otherwise we might never have had to deal with him.
http://www.snopes.com/trumps-grandfather-bavaria-deport/
PatSeg
(47,458 posts)if Germany had only taken pity on the guy and let him stay. The Trumps are a good argument for stricter immigration laws, ah the irony.
PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)a witless buffoon masquerading as president.
PatSeg
(47,458 posts)I can't remember now where I saw it, but it does sum up Trump very well.