The art of Don the Con

From Drumpf to Trump

How two generations of Trumps paved the way for Donald by lying, cheating, and grifting their way to the top

Martie Sirois
10 min readNov 24, 2021

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Frederick Trump in 1887, image: public domain

Friedrich Drumpf, family patriarch

Founder of the family fortune, draft dodger, brothel owner

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Martie Sirois

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