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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 ...
When former President Donald J. Trump was 13 years old, his father, Fred Trump, sent him to military school. It was from those experiences that he became a person who controlled other people.
Correction: An earlier version of this story, citing inaccurate information provided to The Post, said that Fred Trump Jr. was a member of the Air National Guard. He was a member of the...
- Early Life
- Pilot Career
- Alcoholism and Death
Frederick Crist Trump Jr. was born on October 14, 1938, as the first son of wealthy real estate developer Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump in Queens, New York. In 1956 Fred Jr. graduated from St. Paul's School. In that same year his father Fred Sr. donated money to have the playing fields redone and in his honor were renamed Trump Field. Fred...
In 1958, Fred Jr. met Linda Clapp while vacationing in the Bahamas. She later became a stewardess and asked him for help finding an apartment near Idlewild Airport; they soon began dating. He proposed to her in 1961. In early 1962, they were married in Florida, and she resigned from the airline, which did not allow its stewardesses to be married. T...
By 1970, after a series of domestic incidents, Clapp asked Fred Jr. to leave and arranged for Fred Sr. to change the locks. When his alcoholism prevented him from continuing to function as a pilot, he returned to work for his father's business. He eventually moved into the unfurnished attic of his parents' house, and once again did maintenance on T...
Apr 2, 2019 · Donald Trump said his father was born in Germany — even though, as has been reported many times -- Fred Trump was born in New York.
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Jul 13, 2018 · On October 7, 1885, Friedrich Trump, a 16-year-old German barber, bought a one-way ticket for America, escaping three years of compulsory German military service. He had been a sickly child,...
Dec 7, 2022 · Fred had two children with his wife Linda Lee Clapp — Fred Trump III and Mary Trump, both named after his parents. On July 28, Mary Trump published a tell-all book about the president.
