Fred Trump

Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump was a sociopath,Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary Trump (2020) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1982141468. an American real estate developer, and the father of Donald Trump. As such, Fred is Donald's only known klancestor.Klancestor Urban Dictionary. Proving the appropriateness of the "Christ" part of his name, in the New York State census of 1925 Trump listed his profession as "carpenter".NY State Census, Queens, NY
Fred Trump built his fortune by profiteering off US government housing contracts during the post-WWII building boom. A 1954 US Senate committee investigated Trump and never charged him with a crime, but his tactics are reminiscent of his son's real estate tactics (self-dealing, inflating prices, and shifting risk to other parties while keeping capital).Ike Didn't Like Donald Trump's Dad at All: The Donald may love citing President Eisenhower on the campaign trail, but it looks like Ike wasn't a big fan of Trump's father, Fred by Michael D'Antonio (11.22.15 10:00 PM ET) The Daily Beast.FHA Investigation Hearings Before The Committee On Banking And Currency United States Senate Eighty-Third Congress Second Session Pursuant To S. Res. 229. Afternoon Session (July 12, 1954) + "Trump, Fred C., Beach Haven Apartments, Jamaica, N.Y.: Statement", pp. 395-420. Fred's tactics included working the refs (claiming bias against himself when there was none), lying and cheating, skimming profits at taxpayer expense, and tax fraud.
Before his death in 1999, Fred Trump suffered from Alzheimer's Disease for six years. The disease has a genetic component... and it shows. (which means that his son could be America's second Alzheimer president). He became sick with pneumonia in June 1999 and was admitted to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, where he died a few weeks later.King, Steve (October 1, 2015). "Does Donald Trump have dementia?". Death and Taxes.
Fred C. Trump, Postwar Master Builder of Housing for Middle Class, Dies at 93 by Tracie Rozhon (June 26, 1999) The New York Times.
==Views on race==
His racism re-emerged into public debate when his son launched his presidential campaign, with pundits noticing the extent to which "like father, like son" worked out here. Although it may never be known with certainty what Fred Trump's views on race were, it has been established that the 21-year old Fred was arrested "on a charge of refusing to disperse from a parade when ordered to do so"In 1927, Donald Trump's father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens by Philip Bump (February 29, 2016) The Washington Post. at a 1927 Ku Klux Klan rally-cum-riot in Queens, New York.1927 news report: Donald Trump's dad arrested in KKK brawl with cops by Matt Blum (9:26 am Wed Sep 9, 2015) Boing Boing.All the Evidence We Could Find About Fred Trump's Alleged Involvement with the KKK by Mike Pearl (March 10, 2016) Vice. What is not known about this arrest is whether Fred was a Klansman, a fellow traveller or an innocent bystander. However, it is relatively certain that he was not the sort to walk into the hood, shake hands with the Bloods and the Crips, then bust into a soulful, powerful rhythm and funk solo. When Donald Trump was asked by the “New York Times” about the veracity of his father's arrest, Donald flat-out denied it, claiming that his father never lived at 175-24 Devonshire Road as Fred's residence was listed in the original 1927 news report. It has, however, been established that Fred did indeed reside at that address at the time of his arrest. One article on the riot, however, stated that all seven arrestees were all wearing Klan attire (Long Island Daily Press on June 2, 1927).
Roger Stone, a generally unreliable source due to his being a well-known ratfucker, quite plausibly claimed that in the 1960s Trump was "a quiet funder of the John Birch Society, … a personal friend of Billy Graham, a personal friend of [JBS founder] Robert Welch, a supporter of Dr. Fred Schwarz’s [Christian] Anti-Communism Crusade, and had been a major, major fundraiser and donor for Barry Goldwater."Deep State “Plan C” Is to Kill Trump, Advisor Roger Stone Warns by Alex Newman (January 2, 2018) The New American.
This might all have been an unimportant footnote in the Trump family history if Fred wasn't a racist, or if Donald had been courageous and repudiated his father's alleged racism, or even if Donald wasn't a racist. Alas, there are some serious doubts.
Fred lied about his German ethnicity to his Jewish tenants and clients by claiming he was of Swedish ancestry — a lie that Donald repeated in his autobiography Tony Schwarz's biography "nonfiction work of fiction" Trump: The Art of the Deal.Donald Trump Even Lies About Being Swedish (He's Actually German): A Swedish website teases the world's most famous comb-over for continuing to peddle his grandfather's fake origin story by Michael Daly (03.24.16 10:02 PM ET) The Daily Beast.Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All: The Art of the Deal made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business. Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it by Jane Mayer (July 25, 2016) The New Yorker. (Where's the birth certificate, Donald?)
In the 1950s, lived as a tenant in one of Fred's buildings (named Beach Haven) and wrote some heretofore unpublished songs about Fred:Woody Guthrie Wrote of His Contempt for His Landlord, Donald Trump's Father by Thomas Kaplan (January 25, 2016) New York Times. This:
and a rework of his song "I Ain't Got No Home":
Fred continued his racist housing policies for several years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made discrimination in housing illegal. The Trump Management Corporation (TMC) was sued by the federal government in 1973 for refusing to rent to African Americans.Major Landlord Accused of Antiblack Bias in City by Morris Kaplan (October 16, 1973) The New York Times. The lawsuit was initially resolved in 1975 without an admission of guilt. Fred was in charge of TMC until 1971, when Donald took control, which meant that both Fred and Donald were being accused of racial discrimination. In 1978, TMC was again charged with a discrimination lawsuit for violating the original terms of the 1975 agreement. In 1983, the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal found that two "Trump Village" residences were 95% white. Donald has dismissed this Fair Housing litigation against him as just one of many such cases. However, according to one of the prosecuting attorneys, Elyse Goldweber, "It was an important, significant step for enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. It was a big deal."Inside the government's racial bias case against Donald Trump's company, and how he fought it by Michael Kranish and Robert O'Harrow Jr. (January 23, 2016) The Washington Post. Troublingly, Donald continued his fight for the right to discriminate by tapping the completely unqualified Ben Carson to be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from March 2, 2017 until his succession by Biden nominee Marcia Fudge on January 20, 2021. Carson, who is African American, once referred to fair housing as a "mandated social-engineering scheme" and equated it with communism.Ben Carson, Trump's HUD Pick, Once Called Fair Housing 'Communism': The retired neurosurgeon turned Trump adviser has little direct experience with fair-housing issues, but that didn't stop him from once likening the discrimination laws to communism by Gideon Resnick (11.27.16 10:05 PM ET) The Daily Beast.
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Business
Category:Criminals
Category:Trumpism
Category:Fascists
Category:New York
Category:Racists
Category:right-wing activists
Category:United States politics