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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
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An interesting factoid:

On at least five separate occasions from 2017 to this year, and including during meetings with German heads of state, Taco has stated that his father was born in Germany.  In fact, Fred was born in New York and it is Taco's grandfather, Friedrich, who was born in Germany and emigrated to the USA.  Each time Taco has made that claim about his father's birthplace, he has been corrected and even shown copies of his father's birth certificate.  However, he continues to state that his father was born in Germany.

As a passionate family historian, I find it hard to fathom how someone can get a parent's birthplace wrong but I accept that not everyone has an interest in their family history.  However, to repeatedly claim the wrong birthplace for a parent despite being corrected is not just a misunderstanding or mistake, it's yet another cognitive glitch by the bloke with the nuclear codes.

Ironically, Fred tried to hide his German ancestry and claimed to be Swedish.
When I was growing up the last thing anyone wanted was any German heritage. I remember my mother’s cousin bringing home a Polish war bride who later turned out to be German. Fortunately she had become a well loved member of the family by then.🤣