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The vast majority of white Americans are Germans. But why do so few Americans identify with the place of origin of their ancestors?
As if being an American of German descent is more embarrassing than being an American of Irish descent or an American of English descent.
Even Trump was ashamed of his German-ness, so he said that he was of Swedish descent.
But for decades, Trump denied this German heritage altogether, instead claiming that his grandfather’s roots lay further north, in Scandinavia. “[He] came here from Sweden as a child,” Trump asserted in his co-written book The Art of the Deal.
As if being an American of German descent is more embarrassing than being an American of Irish descent or an American of English descent.
Even Trump was ashamed of his German-ness, so he said that he was of Swedish descent.
But for decades, Trump denied this German heritage altogether, instead claiming that his grandfather’s roots lay further north, in Scandinavia. “[He] came here from Sweden as a child,” Trump asserted in his co-written book The Art of the Deal.
The Trump Family's Immigrant Story | HISTORY
For decades, they denied their German roots, claiming to be of Scandinavian origin.
www.history.com