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US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that his father was from Germany as he expressed frustration about the European countrys financial contribution to the US-led military alliance of NATO.
Trump made the claim for a third time on Tuesday as he was meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House in Washington, DC.
"Germany, honestly, is not paying their fair share," the US president said before stressing that he has "great respect" for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and "great respect for the country."
"My father is German, was German," Trump went on to say. "Born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany."
This is while Trumps father, Fred Trump, was actually born in New York City, US, in 1905.
Trump just said "my father is German, was German. Born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Fred Trump was born in New York. pic.twitter.com/U6eWYPzjrJ Tommy MMXIXtopher (@tommyxtopher) April 2, 2019
This was apparently not the first time Trump has incorrectly said his father (pictured below) is from Germany.
The American head of state made the claims about his father multiple times last year while discussing relations between the US and European countries, according to a report by the Washington Post.
"Dont forget both of my parents were born in EU sectors, OK?" Trump said in an interview last July. "My mother was Scotland. My father was Germany."
Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born in Scotland.
The Post noted that Trump also claimed his father was from Germany while attending the NATO summit in Brussels.
"I have great respect for Germany; my father is from Germany," Trump said. "Both of my parents are from the EU, despite the fact they dont treat us well on trade."
But Trumps grandfather, Friedrich Trump, was a German immigrant. He left for America at 16 and worked as a barber in Manhattan. Friedrich was at one point deported from Germany when he returned to his native country after spending time in the US for avoiding mandatory military service as a teenager. US President Donald Trump looks on as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Trump's claims on Tuesday came as he was hosting Stoltenberg at the White House ahead of the NATO chief's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
The US president warned at a NATO summit last July that he could withdraw support for Europe if it did not share more of what he called an unfair burden on US taxpayers in funding the military alliance.
In 2014, NATO countries agreed to meet the current spending target over the next decade, pledging to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on the alliances military spending. The alliance has estimated that only 15 members, or just over half, will be able to hit the benchmark by then.
Frustrated by the lack of "burden-sharing," Trump has time and again threatened to leave the alliance if others fail to step up contributions.
Trump has reportedly written to several NATO allies, asking them to increase their military spending for the alliance and warning the US is losing patience.
Earlier this year, Stoltenberg credited Trump with an increase in military spending from other member states, saying Washington's pressure had led to "some real results."
#1: Fred Mertz To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Fred Mertz posted on 2019-04-02 23:57:47 Reply Private Reply
#2: Tatarewicz To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Tatarewicz posted on 2019-04-03 05:10:27 Reply Private Reply
#3: Darkwing To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Darkwing posted on 2019-04-03 08:32:01 Reply Private Reply
#4: hondo68 To: Fred Mertz (#1)
hondo68 posted on 2019-04-03 11:07:24 Reply Private Reply
#5: Fred Mertz To: hondo68 (#4)
Fred Mertz posted on 2019-04-03 11:16:44 Reply Private Reply
#6: hondo68 To: Tatarewicz, Wheres the Birth Certificate? (#2)
If Trump is telling the truth about his father, then Donald is NOT a natural born US citizen.
He's a usurper! Where's the Birth Certificate for Fred Trump?
hondo68 posted on 2019-04-03 14:07:15 Reply Private Reply
#7: GreyLmist To: hondo68 (#6)
Sources cited at the link are disputed and the Washington Post is not reliable, imo. President Trump is a natural born citizen because he was born in America and both of his parents were citizens of this country at the time of his birth. I think his mother would have become a citizen automatically by marriage to his father, according to the nationality laws then. She also became a naturalized citizen 4 years before the President's birth; which meant that the status of her citizenship here would not be changed if her husband decided to change his, for example. To do that, she would have had to officially renounce her foreign-birth citizenship. I think his father would have been born a citizen no matter which country he was born in, because both of the President's paternal grandparents were citizens. His father was born in 1905. His paternal grandfather had become a citizen 13 years earlier in 1892, after living here since 1885. His paternal grandmother would have been a citizen by marriage.
GreyLmist posted on 2019-04-03 22:23:52 Reply Private Reply
#8: hondo68 To: GreyLmist, President Pence (#7)
I'll need to see the Naturalization papers for President Trump's Scottish mother, Mary Anne before I'll believe that he's a Natural Born US Citizen.
If they're later than Trump's birth date, he's a usurper!
hondo68 posted on 2019-04-03 22:40:17 Reply Private Reply
#9: GreyLmist To: hondo68 (#8)
Meanwhile, here are some corroborating references which have more credibility, imo, than the notorious Washington Post:
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump - Wikipedia
Nationality law | jus matriomii and marriage - Wikipedia
Donald Trumps Immigrant Mother | By Mary Pilon | newyorker.com | June 24, 2016
United States nationality law | Oath of allegiance - Wikipedia
P.S. Thank you for your insistance on eligibility verifications for our nation's Presidential office. Natural born citizenship status is the one qualification of such utmost importance to our Founders (re: undivided allegiance, obligation and influence) that they specified a particular category of citizenship required without binding foreign attachments (rather than citizenship more generally) because: The loyalty and powers of America's Presidency should never be "internationalized" by foreign birth, foreign citizenship(s) acquired otherwise or any foreign affiliation; as many people have been moving to subversively "normalize", since at least as far back as the early 1880s. Thanks, too, for posting that very educational Venn diagram on the natural born citizen subject.
GreyLmist posted on 2019-04-04 12:38:42 Reply Private Reply
#10: Rotara To: hondo68, all (#4)
Biden ? Hahaha. Radical Moron Commie Left ? Bwahahaha.
Now Trump laid the wood to Messico. Sounded GREAT !!
Kabuki Theater can be highly entertaining once you've seen behind the curtain.
Rotara posted on 2019-04-04 12:45:05 Reply Private Reply
#11: Rotara To: All (#10)
Soros funds and basically started the illegal invasion train 'color revolution' from Central America.
Trump benefits looking tuff, the Wall might well go up, Rothchild Zion is safe, Amnesty is certain.... hmm
Rotara posted on 2019-04-04 12:50:35 Reply Private Reply
#12: Tatarewicz To: GreyLmist (#9)
Does this really matter anymore when the Jew-chosen Congress has to pledge loyalty to Israel, even if US "is turned to rubble?"
Tatarewicz posted on 2019-04-06 05:27:43 Reply Private Reply