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Zorro

(18,563 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:13 PM 20 hrs ago

Confused Trump, 79, Forgets What Country His Father Was Born in

Fred Trump’s origins seem to be something of a mystery to his son.

President Donald Trump mixed up where his own father was born during an Oval Office photo op with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The 79-year-old said his father was born in Germany as he fielded questions from reporters on his unauthorized war with Iran.

“My father was born,” Trump said while gesturing towards Merz. “He knows all about my father. My father was born there.”

“So, you know, there are places that you sort of automatically very, very feel warmly about,” Trump added.

In fact, the president’s father, Frederick Trump Jr., was born in the Bronx in New York City in 1905. It was his father’s parents — Trump’s grandparents — who were born in what was then the German Empire, specifically in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-trump79-forgets-what-country-his-father-was-born-in/
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Confused Trump, 79, Forgets What Country His Father Was Born in (Original Post) Zorro 20 hrs ago OP
Not the first time Donald has claimed his father was born in Germany. Norrrm 20 hrs ago #1
Confabulation of this sort is a classic sign of advancing frontotemporal dementia AZJonnie 20 hrs ago #2
Maybe he was thinking of his Austrian-born spiritual father, Adolph Hitler. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 20 hrs ago #3
trump lies so much, he no longer can distinguish fact from fiction. He's delusional. AnotherMother4Peace 18 hrs ago #4
_ LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #5

AZJonnie

(3,505 posts)
2. Confabulation of this sort is a classic sign of advancing frontotemporal dementia
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:24 PM
20 hrs ago

Congress needs to act to stop this madness, NOW.

Like, last Friday at the latest

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