011001-D-2987S-138 The Joint Service Color Guard advances the colors during the retirement ceremony of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton, at Fort Myer, Va., on Oct. 2, 2001. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel. (Released)

The Joint Service Color Guard advances the colors during the retirement ceremony of Chairman of the Articulation Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton, at Fort Myer, Va., on October. two, 2001. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel. (Released)

We take added another 50 years to the Trump family armed services service history to extend the 100 years already chronicled earlier (June 6,2016).

The saga begins with the birth of Donald Trump'southward grandfather Friedrich Trump (1869-1918) in Kallstadt, Germany in 1869. It runs through four generations of men named Trump in this family unit through mid-2016. At that place are seven more Trump males in the fifth generation, who are still young children or teenagers.

Sources consulted include the usual Google searches, family Wikipedia entries, several publically bachelor genealogy sites, and diverse published articles with Trump family biographical details.

We have tried to identify all the male descendants born to male successors of grandfather Friedrich. This listings does not include male children built-in to Trump'due south female person heirs and descendants. That is a more complex task, because of changing surnames, and requires additional resources across the unproblematic family records hands available.

Yet, this collection of data covering 150 years of Donald Trump'due south direct male ancestors and successors is considered representative of his family unit patterns and practice. To be admittedly precise, the time-bridge actually runs from 1869-2016, or 147 years. With rounding to the nearest decade, that makes 150 years.

Trump Male person Family Tree in America

Patriarch grandfather (1) Frederick Trump (born Friedrich) (1869-1918) had 3 male children:

  • (2) Henry Trump (1899-1900)
  • (three) Fred Christ Trump, Sr. (1905-1999)
  • (4) John George Trump (1907-1985)

Henry Trump (1899-1900) died in infancy at age one twelvemonth. Second son Fred Christ Trump, Sr. (1905-1999) (Donald Trump'due south father) had three male sons. Grandpa Trump's youngest (and third son), John George Trump (1907-1985) had one son.

Second Male Trump Generation in America

Fred Christ Trump, Sr., (1905-1999) had three sons.

  • (five) Fred Christ Trump, Jr. (1938-1981)
  • (6) Donald John Trump (1946-nowadays)
  • (vii) Robert Trump (1948-present)

John George Trump (1907-1985) had one son:

  • (8) John Gordon Trump (1938-2012)

Fred Christ Trump, Jr. (1938-1981) had two children, one of them a son, before he died at the relatively early historic period of 42. Donald John Trump (1946-nowadays) has had five children with three wives, 2 daughters and three sons. Robert Trump (1948-present) has no children of tape, though he was married for some 25 years. John Gordon Trump (1938-2012) was married just had no male children, co-ordinate to available sources.

Third Male Trump Generation in America

Fred Christ Trump, Jr. (1938-1981)

  • (9) Fred Trump 3rd (1962-present)

Donald John Trump (1946-present)

  • (ten) Donald John Trump, Jr. (1977-present)
  • (xi) Eric Frederick Trump (1984-present)
  • (12) Barron William Trump (2006-present)

Robert Trump (1948-present)

  • No Male Issue

John Gordon Trump (1938-2012)

  • No Male Issue

Fred Trump 3rd (1962-present) has had three children, one daughter and 2 sons, according to news reports. Donald John Trump, Jr. (1977-present) has had five children, two daughters and here sons. Eric Frederick Trump (1984-nowadays) is married but has no children, co-ordinate to available reports. Barron William Trump (2006-present), born to Donald Trump'southward third and electric current wife, is still a young male child of 10 years onetime, and therefore has never been married and has no children.

Fourth Male Trump Generation in America

Fred Trump iiird (1962-nowadays)

  • (13) Christopher Trump (1995-present)
  • (fourteen) William Trump (1999-nowadays)

Donald John Trump, Jr. (1977-present)

  • (15) Donald John Trump III (2009-present)
  • (16) Tristan Milos Trump (2011-present)
  • (17) Spencer Frederick Trump (2012-present)

Eric Frederick Trump (1984-present)

  • No Male person Issue

Barron William Trump (2006-present)

  •  Pre-Teen Aged Son

Christopher Trump (1995-nowadays) is 19 years old and there is no data about whether he is married or has whatever children. William Trump (1998-present) was born with a serious medical condition at birth (cerebral palsy) and is wheel-chair disabled. Donald John Trump Jr.'s iii sons are all immature children, ages 6, 4, and 3.

Addendum to Fourth Male Trump Generation in America

Donald John Trump (1946-present) has had two daughters with two different wives. His oldest, Ivanka Marie Trump (1981-present) (from Ivana Trump) is married and has three children, two of them sons. His younger daughter, Tiffany Ariana Trump (1993-present) (from Marla Maples) is an unmarried college student with no known children.

While Ivanka Trump'south two young sons do not run into the strict criteria for inclusion in the male person Trump family unit military service comparison given above, their data is presented for completeness, since both boys are direct descendants and second degree male relatives of Donald Trump.

Ivanka Marie Trump (1981-present)

  • (eighteen) Joseph Frederick (Trump) Kushner (2013-present)
  • (19) Theodore James (Trump) Kushner (2016-present)

Catalogue of America's Major Military Conflicts (1870-2016)

United States Military Logos

Logos of America's Uniformed Military Forces

During the 150 years of American History comprising the background for this assay of the Trump families patriotic contribution to America's national military service, are all the nation's foreign military conflicts since the Civil State of war (1861-1865).

These include, among others, the Castilian America War (1898-1902), Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1924), World War I (1917-1918), Earth War Ii (1941-1945), Korean War (11950-1953), Viet Nam War (1968-1975). Invasion of Grenada (1983), Invasion of Panama (1989-1990), Gulf War (1990-1991), Bosnian State of war (1994-1995), Kosovo War (1998-1999), War in Afghanistan (2001-2014), and the Iraq War (2003-2011). America's armed forces accept fought in a military conflict in a foreign country in every decade for the final 150 years (since 1870), except during the 1930's.

During this time, literally tens of millions of American citizens have served their nation honorably as uniformed members of our military branches.

Summary of Trump Family unit 150-Yr Military Service

During that same 150 twelvemonth menstruum, male person members of Donald Trump's family unit take lived in the United States and fully benefited from the freedom, liberty, economic opportunity, and blessings of our state in every decade but the 1870's. (Frederick Trump arrived as a military-aged immigrant to the U.s. in 1885).

The list above shows that at least 19 Trump family males accept lived in America during those 140 years. Based on the best information bachelor, one died in infancy, one is seriously disabled, and half-dozen are young children nether the age of 10 years former. One more than has just reached the historic period for military service. Thus there were 10 mature Trump men who were of military service age over this time catamenia.

The 19 enumerated Trump men accept lived in America for a combined total of 654 years, every bit of 2016 (more than 6 centuries). For our purposes, nosotros will presume a armed services service obligation may occur betwixt the ages of 18-45 (in a major national conflict, such as during the draft in Globe State of war Ii). A quick review of the birth dates of the Trump men shows that they accept accumulated a total of 255 armed services service-eligible years during this menses (about 40% of all their years living in America).

The military service-eligible years in the Trump family unit men are distributed as follows: thirty years for Generation ane (gramps Friedrich Trump); 54 years for the 2 members of Generation two; 105 years for the four members of Generation three; 66 years for the three members of Generation 4 (excluding young Barron Trump). This is an boilerplate of 25 years of armed services eligibility for each of the 10 Trump men.

How Many Trump Men Have Served in the U.South. Military in 150 Years?*

Based on publicly bachelor records sources and the news searches described higher up, the plain answer is None. Nothing for X.

Absent a typhoon or other legal compulsion, there is, of class, nix illegal about this tape. There can be many reasons why any particular person does not get to serve.

Nevertheless, over this long a period of fourth dimension (1.5 centuries), with the number of major military conflicts the U.S. has fought in, and with this number of Trump male family members, it seems unusual that not one of them made the same sacrifice of service every bit tens of millions of their countrymen.

Can you review your own family unit's history in America since 1870 and not detect a single veteran or serviceman among them?

The Lesson

The protections our powerful military forces confer on all our citizens and residents does not come with a strict admission ticket, where a citizen has to produce a service receipt to receive them. Everyone is granted the same benefits to live in freedom and security.

At the same time, information technology has been an established part of our social contract since America was founded that our families assume an obligation of service to keep all of united states and our neighbors safe in dangerous times. Of course, there are some particularly patriotic families for whom honorable military service is substantially the family business over generations. But the backbone of our republic has always been the citizen-soldier who leaves civilian life (and the condolement of his family and personal economic striving) during a crunch to go on America strong and defend others, and so returns to resume his or her regular life. **

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by Beak Mauldin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Willie & Joe nineteen: World Wsr Two

That part of our joint American social meaty seems to be missing from the Trump family history, every bit known so far.

Members of our Armed services exercise not resent or mutter almost those who do not serve themselves. Our active duty servicemen and women accept agreed to serve in the involvement of all Americans.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington_DC

Viet Nam Veterans Memorial (Washington D.C.)

In dissimilarity, Donald Trump'due south life feel with military matters consists of attending a disciplinary military academy for v years in loftier schoolhouse, marching around the parade ground, and playing soldier compatible dress-up. He actively avoided his own opportunity for military experience when he had the hazard to serve in a hot war. He rejected the opportunity to serve every bit a Reservist or fellow member of the National Baby-sit and then and later. He has recently attempted to hijack a charitable consequence for Veterans (January 2016) in order to shine the spotlight on himself, and and so ducked payment of his boldly announced and freely offered contribution, until a national news paper hounded him for months and shamed him into honoring his delivery.

Trump has no background of family armed forces service to draw on or inform him, that he might appreciate the routine and enormous sacrifices of those who have actually served our country or lost loved ones in wartime.

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Viet Nam Memorial Wall "Reflections" by Lee Teter (1988)

Many tens of millions of individual Americans have not worn the compatible of our Military. There is no shame in that. The lack of military service is non the usual case for unabridged American families over generations, still. The Trump family military history is atypical for an family unit hither in America since the eye of the xixthursday century, and leaves a lot to exist desired with respect to their dedication to the public good. Paying one's fair share of taxes to back up our men and women is one function of the puzzle, just even generous payments do not substitute for being willing to stand going in harm's way for your swain citizens.

Get Tell Donald

Veterans and active service men and women exercise not need Trump'south simulated promises to them, his cocky-aggrandizing macho routine, and his tissue-thin patriotism, to represent them here and abroad. Their service speaks for itself.

Viet Nam War Memorial- Women's Memorial Washington DC

Viet Nam Memorial: Women'south Memorial (Washington D.C.)

What Trump does, he does always for himself for individual economic advantage. In fact he revels in his single minded selfishness. Trump has no corresponding tape of other unselfish public service to leaven his lack of armed forces contribution. He is not worthy to pose every bit a spokesman for our Veterans and agile duty Military.

Trump should do himself and the rest of us a big favor. He ought to reflect privately on the blessings of peace, prosperity, and freedom given to him in America by the sacrifice of endless others through no merit of his own, so thank Veterans quietly when he gets a adventure (without Tv cameras and news reporters around), and otherwise go along his big trap shut.

God Bless America, with liberty and justice for all our swain citizens!

Selected Trump Family and Military Service Sources

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/trumps-bitter-boxing-nephew-ailing-infant-caught-eye-article-one.888562

http://heavy.com/news/2016/02/donald-trump-family-children-grandchildren-ages-names-photos-parents-wives-kids-grandkids/

http://pagesix.com/2016/01/17/donald-trumps-brother-robert-emerges/

http://world wide web.celebfamily.com/concern/donald-trump-family.html

http://observer.com/2001/eleven/how-an-uptown-girl-gets-on-qvc-foreman-grills-chocolate/

http://www.divorcesaloon.com/2008/12/29/on-blaine-trumps-divorce-from-robert-trump-will-she-become-any-of-his-inherited-money/

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/commodity/Trump-family-gives-back-to-agency-that-helps-4590816.php

http://decisions.courts.state.ny.usa/10jd/nassau/decisions/index/index_2000/burke/2000nov/006795-00.pdf



*To be entirely fair, while there is no record of uniformed U.S. military service among any of Trump'due south nineteen male relatives (ten mature men) described here, his paternal uncle, Dr. John George Trump, D. Sc.. performed valuable civilian state of war-work for the nation during World War II, equally a professor and researcher at MIT, and afterward 1944 in England.

Professor John G. Trump, Electrical Engineer (1979)

MIT Professor John M. Trump, Electrical Engineer, Noncombatant War Piece of work World War Two

From the Wikipedia entry on John G. Trump, D.Sc.:

John George Trump (August 21, 1907 – February 21, 1985) was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. He was a recipient of U.Southward. President Ronald Reagan's National Medal of Science, and a fellow member of the National Academy of Technology. Trump was noted for developing rotational radiation therapy. Together with Robert J. Van de Graaff, he developed 1 of the first 1000000-volt 10-ray generators. He was a professor at MIT from 1936 until 1973.

During the war years, Trump switched from piece of work on infirmary X-ray machines, to research into similar technologies with a more direct application to warfare, particularly the development of radar. In 1940 he joined the newly formed National Defence force Enquiry Committee (NDRC), as technical adjutant to the Chairman of the Radar Division, and President of MIT, Karl Compton. In 1942, he became Secretary of the Microwave Committee, a sub-commission of the NDRC.

**For two thoughtful views on the strength or decline of the citizen soldier in American society postal service 1973 with the stop of the draft and the advent of the AVF (All Volunteer- Strength), encounter below:

"Reflections on the Citizen-Soldier" by Barry Strauss (2003)

"The Citizen-Soldier Tradition in the U.s. :Has Its Demise Been Greatly Exaggerated?" by Ronald R. Krebs (2009)