While responding to a question from a reporter at the White House on April 2, 2019 President Trump said his father "was born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Fred Trump was born in New York, United States of America.
It was Donald Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, who left Germany and first emigrated to the United States in 1885 just 15 years before 1900 and after some 55 historically black colleges and universities had already been founded including: Lincoln University 1854, Wilberforce University 1856, Shaw University 1865, Bowie State University 1865, Howard University 1867, Fayetteville State University 1867, Alabama State University 1867, Morgan State University 1867, Morehouse College 1867, Hampton University 1868, Dillard University 1869, Alcorn State University 1871, Alabama A&M University 1875, Prairie View A&M University 1876, Jackson State University 1877, Southern University and A&M College 1880, Spelman College 1881, Tuskegee University 1881 and Virginia State University 1882. His grandfather did not become an American until 1892 or just 8 years before 1900.
Donald Trump's mother didn't come to the United States until May 2, 1930 and did not become a U.S. citizen until March 10, 1942.
Melania Trump obtained a green card and became a lawful permanent resident in 2001. First Lady Melania Trump did not gain United States citizenship until 2006, just 11 years ago. She was only a U.S. citizen 2 years before Barack Obama was elected president in November of 2008 and took office in 2009.
