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tclambert

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79. I think the family's original German name was Arschloch

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2024, 08:43 PM

Sep 2024

and Drumpf was a shortened form of Dummkopf.

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John Cleese: What part of Germany are the Trumps from and why did they change their name? [View all] Dennis Donovan Sep 2024 OP

Don't get Basil started on the Germans. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #1

And don't mention the war! peppertree Sep 2024 #17

🤣 IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2024 #19

Brilliant Ishoutandscream2 Sep 2024 #25

Drumpf family originated from Knochensporn in the German state of Huhnerkacke (u mit umlaut) TheBlackAdder Sep 2024 #73

From the Schweinhund district, I take it. peppertree Sep 2024 #94

..Grossvater Drumpf left das Heimat.. thomski64 Sep 2024 #2

Was Jeffrey Epstine's mommy the madame? rubbersole Sep 2024 #12

They had to change names? What are they hiding? BoRaGard Sep 2024 #3

..they considered Schtupf. thomski64 Sep 2024 #4

It takes 10-15 flushes to get that birth certificate down. rubbersole Sep 2024 #13

They switched from Drumpf to Trump and told everyone they were Swedish IronLionZion Sep 2024 #91

"Really...who were they running from?" Wednesdays Sep 2024 #5

Exactly. And for that a royal decree was issued banning him from the country. ancianita Sep 2024 #10

I remember reading somewhere that it was after one of the world wars to make their name sound less German. Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #28

Totally plausible. ancianita Sep 2024 #29

The British monarchy did that Wednesdays Sep 2024 #31

And the Mountbattens changed their name from Battenberg. Tanuki Sep 2024 #72

Many non-English immigrants changed their names SCantiGOP Sep 2024 #33

This is true, but sometimes it happened unintentionally FakeNoose Sep 2024 #48

The unintentional name change reminds me of the VERY old Ole Oleson- niyad Sep 2024 #75

I would guess it was the First World War. cab67 Sep 2024 #66

I guess the "bone spurs" excuse didn't work back then??? If only Dotard 45 had fled the US to avoid Vietnam instead LaMouffette Sep 2024 #41

My grandfather did the same rustysgurl Sep 2024 #77

The Trumps falsely claimed their family Was Swedish when it was inconvenient to be German. keithbvadu2 Sep 2024 #6

To be fair, during WWII Trump's uncle died in a German POW camp SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2024 #7

We'll never know who pushed him...... lastlib Sep 2024 #9

Pushed by Putin's uncle, perhaps? Sogo Sep 2024 #58

And while we're at it, why did weird JD Vance change his name 4 times? Wiz Imp Sep 2024 #8

Apparently, daddy Bowman was an asshole, so his mother got rid of the Donald Warpy Sep 2024 #15

The Vance name did not come from being adopted. wnylib Sep 2024 #27

The name before Vance was Hamel, from his stepfather. ancianita Sep 2024 #30

And Veronica Hamel played Joyce....Davenport! LilyBelle Sep 2024 #76

Thanks. I couldn't remember his stepfather's surname. wnylib Sep 2024 #78

Not a problem! Why should anyone remember his name, right? I hope by next year we never hear his name again. ancianita Sep 2024 #81

An asshole by BattleRow Sep 2024 #34

He had good reason to change his name once, not 4 times. Wiz Imp Sep 2024 #40

I guess he'd say he was EVOLVING Warpy Sep 2024 #60

Lots of kids get adopted by stepfathers and their name is changed. Nothing to be ashamed of, or awkward about. mucholderthandirt Sep 2024 #84

Changed his name because he didn't want any reminders of his asshole father? Probatim Sep 2024 #90

She was born at Kaiser Oakland wryter2000 Sep 2024 #11

Bavaria. Grandpappy Friedrich was a draft dodger, it's why he left Warpy Sep 2024 #14

Americans seem to have trouble with any name longer than "Smith". ChazInAz Sep 2024 #20

When my aunt was researching our family tree, wnylib Sep 2024 #49

Sometimes it's just bureaucracy JHB Sep 2024 #50

That's why ChazInAz Sep 2024 #87

I know, right? Warpy Sep 2024 #57

So true BigMin28 Sep 2024 #62

Yeah, my grandfather came from Lithuania with the surname "Savage." Wednesdays Sep 2024 #37

Most of them were misrepresented as having "IS" as the finial Warpy Sep 2024 #59

That's what happened in the movie "The Godfather, Part II". 4lbs Sep 2024 #70

My Great Grandfather JustAnotherGen Sep 2024 #71

The grandfather I never met did that one Warpy Sep 2024 #82

Adolph von goring trump....too bad he doesn't have a cyanide tablet PortTack Sep 2024 #16

Or a Walther PPK pistol. nt Wednesdays Sep 2024 #39

Lawrence O'Donnell did an excellent piece on the Drumpfs Evolve Dammit Sep 2024 #18

Going on the offensive is the key to defeating Trump. Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #21

Kallstadt LudwigPastorius Sep 2024 #22

Actually he had already emigrated to the US moose65 Sep 2024 #35

I'm spitballin' here ... FakeNoose Sep 2024 #51

84 LessAspin Sep 2024 #23

Thank you for that. maveric Sep 2024 #61

I feel so young after watching that! Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #80

I'll be 67 in February, I'm always shocked to see how young people I used to think were old back then are. :D mucholderthandirt Sep 2024 #85

It does make sense. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #89

Establishing a family tradition rockbluff botanist Sep 2024 #24

My family name was changed by the post office travelingthrulife Sep 2024 #26

Can we run the Trumps back to Germany? Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #32

The name change malaise Sep 2024 #42

Change their names back to Humpty Dumpty and send them back to Germany. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #45

LO! malaise Sep 2024 #47

LOL. - Historian finds German decree banishing Trump's grandfather malaise Sep 2024 #36

So, deprecation of military service runs deep in that family. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2024 #43

Very deep malaise Sep 2024 #54

This will totally PO the Nazi element of the GQP. GreenWave Sep 2024 #53

LOL malaise Sep 2024 #93

You know that family is rotten when Germany didn't want them IronLionZion Sep 2024 #92

Rhineland Palatinate Nasruddin Sep 2024 #38

Chump has a closer connection to Scotland than to Germany FakeNoose Sep 2024 #56

I'd love to drink a beer with John Cleese Mysterian Sep 2024 #44

Same thing in my husband's family. hoosierspud Sep 2024 #46

Transphobe says what? BootOutTheGoons Sep 2024 #52

My family changed our name by replacing an i with a y CanonRay Sep 2024 #55

Not sure ... maybe Burgerbraukeller? struggle4progress Sep 2024 #63

So maybe The Bopper Sep 2024 #64

Didn't DU have some posts about it back in 2016-2017? Vogon_Glory Sep 2024 #65

But for a name change, he might have been John Cheese. Harker Sep 2024 #67

It's pretty common for German surnames. carpetbagger Sep 2024 #68

TY & John Cleese!! Cha Sep 2024 #69

GrandfatherDrumpfh ws 3auld6phart Sep 2024 #74

I think the family's original German name was Arschloch tclambert Sep 2024 #79

I can answer John Cleese's questions, but he may be disappointed. 😉 ShazzieB Sep 2024 #83

Trudeau trolls Trump with an old photo of his grandfather's whorehouse in Calgary, Alberta. Marcuse Sep 2024 #86

The Trump ancestral home is a small farming town DFW Sep 2024 #88