Under sunny, seventy-degree skies, 18-year-old Mary Anne Smith MacLeod, the future mother of President Donald J. Trump, stepped off the steamship Transylvania onto Ellis Island and into a future that would exceed her wildest dreams.
It was 90 years ago, Sunday, May 11, 1930 – Mother’s Day – that Mary MacLeod completed a 9-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the small Hebridean Island of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland. With $50 in her pocket, she would settle with family in the New York City borough of Queens.
For 6 years, Mary worked as a nanny before meeting and marrying Frederick Trump – a scrappy developer who began his career in high school building garages to house people’s new automobiles.
As the nation pauses to celebrate its mothers this year in the midst of a global pandemic, what can we learn from the life of the mother of our nation’s chief executive?
In a Mother’s Day address back in 2018, President Trump referred to his late mom as “warm, loving and really smart.” He alluded to picking up from her such traits as feistiness and resiliency. He then added, “I miss her a lot.”
So, who was Mary MacLeod and what shaped her?
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Truth be told there are few mothers who are worthy to be emulated. President Trump's mother is one and so was Dr Ben Carson's mother Sonya. Both instilled in their children a sense of confidence and a work ethic. that is the best thing any mother could ever do for a child. Both are a huge success because of this.
ReplyDeleteTrump is a success because of the millions of dollars and national network of businessmen he inherited from daddy. Lets cut the nonsense comparison to Carson who is a real self-made success
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Yep, looks like Numerology
It’s an intelligence article
124 he is still YOUR PRESIDENT lol. Score board. Swooosh
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful story about a great family.Imagine the courage it took for a young woman to come to a new land across the ocean. She would not have dreamed that her son would one day become President! Yet it will never be mentioned on any of the MSM or major newspapers.If she were not white there would be movies, streets, murals in every city , net flix specials and museums in her honor!
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