For all his criticism of newcomers to America, the former President almost never mentions his own family history.
His mother was born and raised on a small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, where English was her second language. The family spoke Gaelic at home. She was the youngest of ten children and did not learn English until she started school. She came to America at the age of 17, and her first jobs were as a domestic helper, until she met and married Fred Trump, Donald's father.
Her name was Mary Anne MacLeod, and she was born in May 1912 in the village of Tong on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, and came to America in 1930.
She acquired American citizenship 12 years later, in March 1942.
Her son Donald was born in 1946, a middle child. (That explains much of his behavior.)
This also may explain why the former President almost never mentions her, since he himself is a son of an immigrant.
And his father was a grandson of immigrants from Germany.
Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?
His mother was born and raised on a small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, where English was her second language. The family spoke Gaelic at home. She was the youngest of ten children and did not learn English until she started school. She came to America at the age of 17, and her first jobs were as a domestic helper, until she met and married Fred Trump, Donald's father.
Her name was Mary Anne MacLeod, and she was born in May 1912 in the village of Tong on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, and came to America in 1930.
She acquired American citizenship 12 years later, in March 1942.
Her son Donald was born in 1946, a middle child. (That explains much of his behavior.)
This also may explain why the former President almost never mentions her, since he himself is a son of an immigrant.
And his father was a grandson of immigrants from Germany.
Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?
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