5, September
2017 Trump’s Grandfather
While Mr. Trump declares war on the children
of illegal immigrants, perhaps he should remember that his German grandfather begged
not to be deported from Germany.
Friedrich Trump wanted to return to Germany
with his wife and daughter after having emigrated to the US. He was refused
reentry because he failed to complete his mandatory military service and to
register his initial emigration to the US 20 years earlier. This seems to be a
family trait. Remember how Donald Trump successfully used his wealth and
connections to evade the Vietnam draft 5 times.
Donald Trump's German grandfather
responded to the royal decree to leave the country and never return, by
pleading to the prince regent of Bavaria not to deport him.
He described the moment he received the news
as "a lightning strike from fair skies". "We were paralyzed with
fright, our happy family life was tarnished. My wife has been overcome by
anxiety, and my lovely child has become sick," he wrote. "Why should
we be deported?" he asked, "This is very, very hard for a family.
What will our fellow citizens think if honest subjects are faced with such a
decree."
This honest, salt of the earth, later made
his fortune as a brothel owner.
I wonder how the poor children of DACA feel as
the dark clouds of deportation loom ever closer.
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