Trump’s Blatantly False Claim About His Father Leads To New ’25th Amendment’ Calls
During an awkward moment in the Oval Office on Tuesday, the President Donald Trump He seemed to have forgotten where his father was born.
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Trump accused Britain of being “very uncooperative” on the issue while meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Diego GarciaAn island in the Indian Ocean that hosts a UK-US military base.
The topic also seemed to trigger a wave of nostalgia about his parents.
Trump said of England: “I love that country. I love it. My mother was born there. I love it. My mother was born there.”
He then focused on his father’s origins.
Stating that his father was born in Germany, Trump said, pointing to the German chancellor, “My father was born there – just like he knows everything about my father – my father was born there.” “So, you know, places where you automatically feel very warm.”
President Donald Trump, right, meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House. image alliance via Getty Images
Trump was right about one of his parents. His mother, Mary Anne Trump, was born in Scotland, which is part of the United Kingdom. However, his father, Fred Trump, was born in New York, not Germany. His grandfather, Frederick Trump, was born in what is now part of Germany.
Trump has made the same mistake before, saying in 2019 that his father “I was born in a very beautiful part of Germany.”
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The latest verbal stumble attracted attention in part because Trump has repeatedly attacked his predecessor: Joe Bidenfor his own gaffes while in office – and even in 2022 He claimed that Biden had dementia.
Now some critics are pointing out Trump’s frequent and increasing fluctuations questions about him general health (to contain two “annual” physical exams only six months apart). And they are slamming the president with the same accusations he once leveled at Biden.
Some commentators like Zeteo founder Mehdi HasanThere was even a call to invoke the 25th Amendment, constitutional process This could ultimately lead to the impeachment of a president who is unable to fulfill his duties:
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