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Orange Greed
How the Trumps acquired their fortune
Is greed hereditary? Or is it just another characteristic when nurtured will flourish? That is a tricky question and one we aren’t able to answer here.
Whether it's hereditary or learned behavior, trump acquired the talent and tool of greed from his dad. How did trump become trump?
Fred Trump
Fred Trump was a man of German descent who found when he moved to America that his heritage would no longer serve him. He, therefore, concealed his German descent to gain an advantage in America around the turn of the 20th century.
Fred believed that lying and greed were not moral proclivities with which to better oneself but rather tools to be used and taught. When Fred Trump found a loophole that made him rich he took advantage.
He took advantage hard and the legality of his actions played no part in his willingness to proceed. He used such tactics to acquire a small fortune. That unfortunately served him to commit even more fraud and acquire even more money.
The most famous and biggest windfall of fraud he committed was against our own country and soldiers. Returning World War 2 Veterans. Fred's ability to make anyone a target of his scam was as much grotesque as it was useful.