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Feb 25, 2019 · Beneath a photo of Fred Trump, the text states he was "arrested participating in KKK riot" in 1927. The post contains some elements of truth about Fred Trump: He was arrested that...
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- Our Rating: Partly False
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On Sept. 9, 2015 — three months after Trump announced his bid for president — the tech blog BoingBoing.netpublished a New York Times article from 1927 that reported that Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump, had been detained at a KKK rally on Memorial Day weekend. According to the article, “1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neigh...
The information available in the New York Times article made it difficult to figure out whether Trump’s father was directly involved in the melee or was simply a bystander, falsely accused or otherwise the victim of mistaken identity during the chaotic event. There is no indication in the article that Trump’s father was a member or supporter of the...
Donald Trump quickly denounced claims that his father had been arrested. "He was never arrested. He has nothing to do with this. This never happened. This is nonsense and it never happened," Trump told the Daily Mail during an interview in September 2015. "This never happened. Never took place. He was never arrested, never convicted, never even cha...
We find this claim to be PARTLY FALSE based on our research. News reports from the day show a Fred Trump was detained at a KKK rally in 1927. But there is no evidence that Trump, father to the president, was a member or supporter of the KKK. Posts that discuss simply the detention — for which there are no existing arrest records — without context a...
Oct 29, 2019 · By AMANDA SEITZ. Published 1:12 PM PDT, October 29, 2019. CLAIM: Picture shows Mary and Fred Trump, wearing Ku Klux Klan robes, standing with son Donald Trump in 1999. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The photo, which was taken of Trump with his parents in 1992, has been altered.
Jun 12, 2020 · The original image can be found on Shutterstock with the caption “Donald Trump with His Parents Mary and Fred Trump 1994.” ( here the photo, his mother wears a colorful floral top with...
Oct 9, 2019 · An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows President Donald Trump’s parents, Fred and Mary, wearing Ku Klux Klan (KKK) robes. Verdict: False. This is a photoshopped image that originally showed Trump and his parents wearing normal clothes without any Klan insignias. Fact Check:
- Elias Atienza
In June 1927, The New York Times published a report (rediscovered by Boing Boing) of one Fred Trump, who was arrested during a Ku Klux Klan tussle with police. The article reported that he was one ...
Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real-estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States . Born in the Bronx to German immigrants, Trump began working in home construction and sales in the 1920s before heading the real-estate business ...
