Yes, Donald Trump's paternal grandfather, Friedrich Trump, was born in Germany. He was born on March 14, 1869, in Kallstadt, a small town in the Pfalz region of the Kingdom of Bavaria (now part of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). At the age of 16, Friedrich emigrated to the United States in 1885, reportedly to avoid mandatory military service. He initially worked as a barber before moving west during the Klondike Gold Rush, where he operated restaurants and hotels catering to miners. In 1901, he returned to Kallstadt, married Elisabeth Christ, and brought her back to the U.S. However, in 1905, he was expelled from Germany for evading military service and failing to officially register his emigration. He and his wife returned to the U.S., where their son, Fred Trump (Donald Trump's father), was born in 1905 . In June 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented Donald Trump with a gold-framed copy of Friedrich Trump's birth certificate during a meeting at the White House, acknowledging the family's German heritage . Donald Trump Finds Out he's from German Immigrants, For the First Time in his Life ! #2025 #trending