<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This certainly explains why Trump wants to reopen the minds.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of <i>The Sun </i>(Manchester, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2739172/how-donald-trumps-immigrant-grandfather-friedrich-found-his-fortune-as-a-bar-owner-on-americas-brutal-gold-rush-frontier/">https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2739172/how-donald-trumps-immigrant-grandfather-friedrich-found-his-fortune-as-a-bar-owner-on-americas-brutal-gold-rush-frontier/</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 39); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">How Donald Trump’s German immigrant grandfather Friedrick found his fortune running brothel hotels for miners on America’s brutal gold rush frontier</span></div><div><br></div><div>German-born Friedrick Trump came to exemplify the American dream, arriving in Manhattan from his Bavarian home aged 16 in 1885.</div><div><br></div><div>But, like many of the millions of European migrants seeking a better life across The Pond, Trump did not find his riches came quickly or easily.</div><div><br></div><div>The youngster worked in some of New York’s seediest areas as a barber for six years, saving as much money as he could to seek his fortune elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>And in 1891 that opportunity arose.</div><div><br></div><div>The newly-declared state of Washington on American’s northwest coast was fast developing a reputation for gold mining.</div><div><br></div><div>Thousands of miners would flock to the remote outpost of Seattle in a bid to find their fortune – and Trump would provide them with all the food and booze they could consume.</div><div><br></div><div>With $400 in his pocket he bought a restaurant in a notorious Red Light District of the town.</div><div><br></div><div>But along with the steak and beer it is also believed to have a provided a rather less noble service.</div><div><br></div><div>The joint carried adverts for “Rooms for Ladies” — a common term used by brothels in the area.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump’s business thrived, yet when profits began to falter, he would quickly make the decision to follow the money.</div><div><br></div><div>One friend described Trump as the man who “mined the miners”.</div><div><br></div><div>And indeed wherever the latest mine sprung up, Trump would be with his latest bar catering to all the men’s needs.</div><div><br></div><div>By 1897, Trump was able to open his latest Seattle restaurant and pay off the mortgage within four weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>During the Yukon Gold Rush across the border in Canada – during which hundreds of horses died in the arduous winter conditions – quick-thinking Trump set up a tent and flogged horse meat to famished workers.</div><div><br></div><div>A year later he had his own two-floor hotel and restaurant named The Arctic.</div><div><br></div><div>Like many of Trump’s other joints, it provided beer, food and, of course, “Rooms for Ladies”.</div><div><br></div><div>A second incarnation of the Arctic, named The Whitehorse Restaurant and Inn, would soon make more than 3,000 meals a day while providing drink and gambling for local miners.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet the tide was quickly turning against Trump’s get-rich-quick schemes.</div><div><br></div><div>The US Government was now cracking down on drinking and gambling dens and within months mounted soldiers were raiding the bars of Washington.</div><div><br></div><div>But by now Trump was a rich man and returned to Germany.</div><div><br></div><div>Back in his hometown of Kallstadt he met and married Elisabeth Christ – five years his junior.</div><div><br></div><div>Soon after, Bavarian authorities ruled Trump had dodged his military service when he fled to America and expelled him from his own country in 1904.</div><div><br></div><div>America again gave him sanctuary.</div><div><br></div><div>Within weeks he was back in New York with Elisabeth and $500,000 in his bank account.</div><div><br></div><div>His decision to remain in the Big Apple would set a course that saw his son, Fred, become one of the richest men in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>The future property tycoon would grow up to become Donald’s father.</div><div><br></div><div>Friedrick revisited his youth in 1907, opening a barbers on Wall Street while living in a plush seven bed home in Queen’s.</div><div><br></div><div>He would also work as a hotel manager in the city, but his business ventures never again reached those heady heights of his early years in Washington.</div><div><br></div><div>It was while he walked along the street with Fred Jr in 1918 that he fell ill.</div><div><br></div><div>Aged just 49, Friedrick died of the Spanish flu outbreak that killed tens of millions worldwide, leaving behind an inheritance of nearly $500,000.</div><div><br></div><div>Eldest son Fred would use that money to build a New York property empire that made him one of America’s most famous entrepreneurs.</div><div><br></div><div>His son would go on to become the President – Donald Trump.</div></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span 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