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Martin O'Malley

lapfog_1

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1. Self hating grand child of immigrants

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 06:00 PM

Aug 2016

Although both of Fred Trump's parents were born in Germany, Trump told friends and acquaintances for decades after World War II that the family was of Swedish origin. According to his nephew John Walter, "He had a lot of Jewish tenants and it wasn't a good thing to be German in those days."

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Mr. Trump’s Catholic Problem [View all] elleng Aug 2016 OP

Self hating grand child of immigrants lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #1

His 'religious" support group (so-called evangelicals) hate Catholics AND Mormons. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #2