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(8,383 posts)Just in case people think it's real
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-cousins-obituary/
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Duh.
Mr.Bill
(24,307 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)But thanks for keeping it real.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,777 posts)There are still a number of Trump relatives in Germany (where the name is pronounced "Droomp," which I like) who really are kind of embarrassed. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/world/europe/trump-germany-family-ancestry-kallstadt.html
CurtEastPoint
(18,652 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,777 posts)the last known Hitler died in 1987, and other relatives changed their names. Germans don't often name their kids Adolf, either. I wonder if the name Donald will eventually become extinct in the U.S.?
George II
(67,782 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,138 posts)about their sibling at family dinners.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,777 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,138 posts)they watched while Donald persecuted his older brother until he died. And watched what Donald did to destroy his brother's grandson during the Will Contest.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,777 posts)Donald is just the craziest.
dflprincess
(28,080 posts)through Fred Sr'.s company.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-sick-infant-medical-care/
Donald Trump likes to get his way, and hes not above cutting off a sick infants health coverage to make it happen.
The story begins after the death of Trumps father, Fred Sr., in 1999. As David Cay Johnston explains in his book The Making of Donald Trump, Fred Sr. had written a will after the death of his oldest son, Fred Jr., known as Freddy, in 1981. The will left the majority of Fred Sr.s wealth to Donald and his surviving siblings. Freddys family was largely cut out.
When Fred Sr. died, Freddys children sued, claiming that the will had been procured by fraud and undue influence by Donald and the other surviving siblings, according to Johnston.
Johnston writes that medical insurance had consistently been provided to the family through Fred Sr.s company. This coverage was crucial for Freddys grandson (Donalds grandnephew), who suffered from seizures and later developed cerebral palsy. So crucial, in fact, that a letter sent from a Trump lawyer to the insurer after the patriarchs death in 1999 said that all costs for the sick childs care should be covered, regardless of caps on the plan or medical necessity, according to Johnston. That didnt last long.
A week after the lawsuit was filed in court, Freddys son (Donalds nephew) received a letter informing him that the health insurance would be discontinued, meaning his ill son would be left without coverage. Donald openly admitted to the New York Daily News that he and his siblings took this action out of revenge.
George II
(67,782 posts).....Atlantic City casinos over the years. Let's hope she's part of the reason his casinos went belly-up.