Donald Trump???s Deep White Supremacist Roots: From His Father???s Klan Membership to the Klan Supporting His Presidency

Fred Trump passed his beliefs, and his business, on to his son Donald. In 1973, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump Organization of racial discrimination. Donald Trump refused to admit any wrongdoing but eventually settled the case, promising to open his apartments to people of color. However, in 1978 the Department of Justice again charged the Trump organization with discrimination. According to investigations, Trump’s rental applications were secretly marked with the applicant’s race, and doormen were coached to discourage Black people from renting. In 1983, the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal investigated some of Trump’s properties and found they were 95 percent White.

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