To: Bonefish who wrote (1585626 ) 1/27/2026 8:44:40 PM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) | Respond to "Letting other countries unload their prisons results in big problems"Donald Trump’s grandfather was an illegal migrant and ‘Trojan horse’ Mexicans and other immigrant groups in the United States. But they betray his own family background. His grandfather, Friedrich Trump , a German, lived a migrant life in the US on the edge of illegality and rejection. During the World War I, he belonged to an immigrant group which was sweepingly labelled the “enemy within” or – in his grandson’s parlance – a Trojan horse.mass migration in history . During the 1880s and early 1890s, 1.8m Germans emigrated to various European and overseas destinations. When young Friedrich arrived in New York in 1885 he joined around 200,000 of his compatriots who had already settled in the metropolis, forming a distinct “Little Germany”. After working for six years as a barber, he was caught by the Gold Rush, moved west and opened up a chain of restaurants and hotels in Washington State and British Columbia. Hospitality did not only include food and lodging, but also alcohol and prostitution . Friedrich anglicised his name to Frederick and became a US citizen.Kallstadt in south-west Germany. (Incidentally, the Heinz family of Ketchup fame has its origins in the same town.) Frederick married his childhood sweetheart, Elisabeth, and planned to settle down.“loyal Germans and stand behind the high Kaiser and the mighty German Reich” . It was all to no avail. The Trumps were evicted and resettled to New York.
