What Was Donald Trump's Father Like?

[Doctor Jack]

I know almost nothing about him other than most of little Donnie's money mostly came from him and that he had dementia later in life. Was he a raging asshole bigot like his son? Surely if he created this monster, he had to have been the same, right?

[L. Coyote]

1. Aside from supporting Hitler?

[Doctor Jack]

2. I searched for a love of Hitler but all I found is that he was a probable Klan member in the 20's.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-father-kkk-20160228-story.html

Not off to a good start.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Sometimes children turn out horribly despite their parents.

However, Fred was once arrested in a KKK rally, although he was never charged with anything . https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/28/in-1927-donald-trumps-father-was-arrested-after-a-klan-riot-in-queens/ And from this article it sounds like at least with respect to business, Donald is a chip off the old block, only worse. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-fred-c-trump-b-1905-the-fred.html?pagewanted=all

[JHB]

8. And remember, in the NY area in the 20s, the Klan was mostly anti-immigrant...

...and anti-"foreign" religions (Catholics and Jews). (They were anti-black too, but in these parts it was the anti-immigrant part that fired them up.)

So yes, still a chip off the old block(head).

[rug]

4. This tells you all you need to know.

[Doctor Jack]

5. No shit

Sounds like the guy was a real a-hole. Maybe little Donnie boy had no chance at being normal.

[kwassa]

6. A hard-ass son of a bitch.

Who made the first family fortune building cheap rental units, and took Donald along with him to collect rents.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Decent people protested Sr in the 50's and Donnie himself in the 80's but most of America just

loved Donnie until he ran for President. Even the 'birther' attacks on Obama did not slow the national affection for Donnie. Even Bill Clinton kept playing with Birther Donnie.