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riversedge

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Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:19 AM Yesterday

Trump Says He Feels 'Warmly' About Germany Since 'My Father Was Born There.' But His Dad Is from the Bronx....

As you know--news articles seldom use the word "lie"!!



Trump Says He Feels 'Warmly' About Germany Since 'My Father Was Born There.' But His Dad Is from the Bronx

The president again appeared to confuse the birthplaces of his father and paternal grandfather at a media briefing on Tuesday in Washington


https://people.com/trump-feels-warmly-about-germany-since-my-father-was-born-there-but-his-dad-is-from-the-bronx-11918875


By Brooke Midgon

Published on March 3, 2026 08:29PM EST

22 Comments
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House on June 05, 2025
President Donald Trump on June 5, 2025. Credit :


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“They ruin relationships. It’s a shame,” Trump said. “And I love that country. I love it. My mother was born there,” Trump said of the U.K. The president’s mother, Mary Anne Macleod Trump, was born in Scotland and immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager. ..............

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Trump Says He Feels 'Warmly' About Germany Since 'My Father Was Born There.' But His Dad Is from the Bronx.... (Original Post) riversedge Yesterday OP
Trump believes his father was born in Germany, his mother was born in Scotland, his first wife was born in sop Yesterday #1
Traitor Pedo's "true" father was born in Austria. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #2
sort of makes you wonder about reincarnation! /nt slightlv 20 hrs ago #3

sop

(18,284 posts)
1. Trump believes his father was born in Germany, his mother was born in Scotland, his first wife was born in
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:37 AM
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Czechoslovakia and his third wife was born in Slovenia, yet he says mmigrants need to be deported.

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