Controversy and Donald Trump go hand in hand. He is now almost inextricably linked to controversial policies, daring headlines, and social media-lightening viral events. Trump is accustomed to public criticism, whether it takes the form of a sidelined press conference or an executive order that provokes intense debate. And this time, it’s something from his own past—rather than something he said—that has everyone talking.
Donald Trump has declared it his goal to enforce immigration laws.He has advanced plans to deport millions of people and potentially restrict birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to immigrant parents since beginning his second term in January.
This time, however, detractors have returned with something that has gone viral on the internet: a reminder of Trump’s own family’s origins.
According to a widely shared video, Mary Anne MacLeod, Trump’s mother, was born in Scotland rather than the United States. After arriving in the United States in 1930, she worked as a domestic worker before marrying Fred Trump, whose parents had also immigrated from Germany. In other words, both of Donald Trump’s parents were foreign-born.
People are now pointing out the obvious: Trump might not have been a citizen either if his new regulations had been in effect at the time. Are you implying that he profited from the very birthright citizenship that he is so vehemently attempting to renounce? Someone posted on Instagram.
Additionally, Trump must also be deported. It doesn’t matter if you were born here, he said. In a technical sense, he is not a US citizen.
Mary, the mother of Donald Trump, was an immigrant:x3YeEs2eM9 https://t.co/k3V1XkLS9epic.twitter.com
June 20, 2018: The New Yorker (@NewYorker)
The takes continued after that. As a result, he ought to respect immigrants, someone wrote.
Another comment was read. Since Trump is a birthright child and his parents are immigrants, he wants to eliminate birthright children. Another commenter said, “He’s literally rich off his immigrant parents.”
You understand.
Promoting a policy that would penalize innocent children for being born in situations that are almost exactly the same as his own is being criticized as the epitome of hypocrisy.
The 14th Amendment, which ensures citizenship to all people born in the United States regardless of their parents’ nationality, is the source of the statute that Trump seeks to amend. However, that restriction would be loosened under his new executive order, potentially denying citizenship to thousands of children born in the United States whose parents lack legal status.
It is, to put it mildly, contentious.
And many people are no longer buying the moral high ground as they examine Trump’s past more closely. Aye aye aye, so you’re telling me that the person who is threatening all immigrants is also an immigrant?
That’s pretty much it.
