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Where was Fred Trump born? Not Germany, as the president indicated - President Trump has repeatedly and incorrectly stated that his father, Fred Trump, was born in Germany. - Fred Trump was actually born in New York in 1905. - The president's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, arrived in the U.S. from Germany in 1885. President Donald Trump nearly said his father was born in Germany, a gaffe he has made in the past. Trump met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on March 3 in the Oval Office.

They were speaking about the United Kingdom's response to the war in Iran, which Trump criticized before talking about his heritage. "I love that country. I love it. My mother was born there," he said, referencing Scotland, which is part of the UK. "My father was born..." Trump said, gesturing to Merz, before trailing off with saying, "he knows all about my father. My father was born there." Trump has referred to his father as German in the past, though Fred Trump was born in New York.

"My father was born in Germany," Trump said at a July 2025 bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He went on to clarify, "Or is...his parents were just out." Here is what to know about Trump's European heritage: Where was Fred Trump born? President Trump's father Fred Trump was born in New York in 1905. He developed late-onset Alzheimer's disease and died in 1999 at the age of 93.

Fred Trump's father (the president's grandfather) emigrated from Germany in 1885, owned a couple of businesses, and returned to Germany to court his neighbor, according to his New York Times obituary. The two were married in 1902 and returned to New York, where they had Fred and two other children. In a White House visit last year, Merz presented Trump with a framed copy of his grandfather's German birth certificate from 1869.

Trump also said in 2019 that his father was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Where was Donald Trump's mother born? President Trump's mother Mary Anne MacLeod was born in Scotland and immigrated to New York in the 1930s. Trump has often spoken warmly of Scotland, and the Trump Organization has a few golf courses there. Trump went to Trump Turnberry and Trump International Scotland near Aberdeen last summer, ending his Scotland trip with a ribbon-cutting at a new course.

Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at KCrowley@usatodayco.com. Follow her onX (Twitter),Bluesky andTikTok.

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Where was Fred Trump born? Not Germany, as the president indicated - President Trump has repeatedly and incorrectly stated that his father, Fred Trump, was born in Germany. - Fred Trump was actually born in New York in 1905. - The president's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, arrived in the U.S. from Germany in 1885. President Donald Trump nearly said his father was born in Germany, a gaffe he has mad...