Germany Was Not Sending Its Best When Frederick Trump Came In 1885
2 min readAug 10, 2022
When Donald Trump’s grandfather, Frederick Trump (born with the super foreigner-sounding name Friederich), came to the US in 1885 so he could avoid compulsory military service, Germany was, frankly, not sending its best people.
The US back then was a dumping ground for Germany’s worst rejects. Germany was rounding up all its worst people, and sent…
