President Donald Trump’s estranged niece, Mary Trump, corrected her uncle’s recent claim that his father, Fred Trump, was born in Germany during a meeting with the German Chancellor. She set the record straight about the family’s actual origins.
Mary Trump debunks Donald Trump’s recent comment
The correction came after Donald Trump, during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this week, suggested his father was born in Germany. “That country, U.K., and I love that country. I love it. My mother was born there. My father was born—he knows all about my father—my father was born there. They’re places you sort of automatically feel very warmly about,” Donald said.
Mary Trump responded directly on X, writing: “This is not the kind of insider knowledge most people have access to, but my grandfather, Fred Trump, Sr., was not born in Germany; he was born in the Bronx, NY, and grew up in Woodhaven, Queens—something you’d think his favorite son would know.”
Historical records support Mary Trump’s claim. According to a New York Times obituary, Donald Trump’s father was born in New York City in 1905. While Fred Trump was indeed born in the United States, Trump’s grandfather, Fred’s father, was born in Germany, which may explain the source of the president’s confusion.
Progressive commentator Mehdi Hasan weighed in on X, writing: “Imagine if Joe Biden had forgotten where his own dad was born. By the way, this isn’t the first time that Trump has falsely claimed his dad was born in Germany when he was actually born in New York. 25th Amendment.”
The 25th Amendment allows the Cabinet to vote to declare a president incapacitated and enable the vice president to assume power. Critics have periodically raised questions about the president’s mental fitness, though the president and White House officials maintain he is in perfect health.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheang has previously dismissed Mary’s critiques, telling Newsweek, “Mary Trump is a stone-old [sic] loser who doesn’t have a clue about anything.”
