– This is a non partisan issue that has been a topic for many decades – Our United States democracy is based on allowing those seeking refuge in our country to be afforded the freedom to choose their own future. As did our recent 2 former Presidents. –
On October 7, 1885, Friedrich Trump, a 16-year-old German barber, bought a one-way ticket for America, escaping three years of compulsory German military service. He had been a sickly child, unsuited to hard labor, and feared the effects of the draft. It might have been illegal, but America didn’t care about this law-breaking—at that time, Germans were seen as highly desirable migrants—and Trump was welcomed with open arms. Less than two weeks later, he arrived in New York, where he would eventually make a small fortune. More than a century later, his grandson, Donald Trump, became the 45th president of Friedrich’s adopted home.
But for decades, Trump denied this German heritage altogether, instead claiming that his grandfather’s roots lay further north, in Scandinavia. “[He] came here from Sweden as a child,” Trump asserted in his co-written book The Art of the Deal. In fact, his cousin and family historian John Walter told The New York Times, Trump maintained the ruse at the request of his own realtor father, Fred Trump, who had obfuscated his German ancestry to avoid upsetting Jewish friends and clients. “After the war,” Walter told the Times, “he’s still Swedish. [The lie] was just going, going, going.”
Trump is the son, and grandson, of immigrants: German on his father’s side, and Scottish on his mother’s. None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the United States or spoke English as their mother tongue. (His mother’s parents, from the remote Scottish Outer Hebrides, lived in a majority Gaelic-speaking community.)
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Friedrich and Elisabeth Trump, colorized by Marina Amaral.
Friedrich Trump came to the United States amid a flood of Germans—that year alone, an estimated 1 million made the journey to settle in America. It was, the Times reported, “the start of an adventurous life as a barber, restaurateur, saloonkeeper, hotelier, entrepreneur, gold rush prospector, shipwreck survivor and New York real-estate investor.”
He married a woman from his German hometown, Kallstadt, where his parents had owned vineyards, and attempted to return home with his fortune. But when his draft dodging came to the fore, the couple lost their Bavarian citizenship and were obliged to return to America for good. There, they had three children: Trump’s father, Fred, was the middle child. Born in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1905, Fred Trump was an all-American child who spoke no German. Later, he would become one of the city’s most successful young businessmen, amassing a fortune even as many around him slumped into financial ruin.
In the mid-1930s, a young Fred Trump went to a party “dressed in a fine suit and sporting his trademark moustache.” Two Scottish sisters were at that same party in Queens: The younger one, Mary Anne MacLeod, was a domestic worker considering a return to her island homeland. “Something clicked between the maid and the mogul,” write Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher in their biography Trump Revealed. When Trump returned that night to the home he shared with his mother, the authors continued, he made an announcement: He had met the woman he planned to marry.
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Fred and Mary Trump, parents of Donald Trump.
MacLeod might have been living in poverty in the United States, but her origins were even less palatable. She was the child of a fisherman and subsistence farmer, and the last in a family of 10 children born in the village of Tong on the Scottish Isle of Lewis. “It was not an easy existence,” reports Politico. This vast Gaelic-speaking family lived together in a modest gray pebble-dash house, “surrounded by a landscape of properties local historians and genealogists characterized with terms like ‘human wretchedness’ and ‘indescribably filthy.’”
Married to Fred Trump, MacLeod lived a radically different life of fur -coats and 50-foot yachts. In 1942, she became an American citizen and returned only occasionally to her native Scotland, where her son now owns multiple properties. While Friedrich Trump had had moderate success in real estate, he died unexpectedly in a flu pandemic before his 50th birthday, and so did not live to see many of his projects come to fruition. At his death, his net worth was around $510,000 in present-day dollars. Under the Elizabeth Trump & Son moniker, Fred Trump and his mother Elizabeth continued this work, and turned it into a flourishing business.
Trump’s international origins make him relatively unusual among American presidents. Of the last 10 presidents, only two—Trump and Barack Obama—have had a parent born outside of the United States. Trump’s own immediate family has been similarly international: Two of his three wives were naturalized American citizens, originally from the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Only one of his five children, Tiffany, is the child of two American-born citizens, while his daughter, Ivanka, is the first Jewish member of the First Family in American history. But so far as his biographers have been able to tell, none of his international roots extends to Sweden.
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A New Chapter in Predictive Intelligence
At Inspirational Technologies, we believe the future of research, wellness, and storytelling is not simply about gathering information—it’s about anticipating meaning. That belief has led us to develop PaiNT Network—Predictive Artificial Intelligence News & Technology, a platform designed to transform how we understand, communicate, and act on the signals shaping tomorrow.
For too long, artificial intelligence has been framed as a tool of replication: it summarizes, it mimics, it reacts. But predictive artificial intelligence is different. It doesn’t just look backward—it looks forward. It identifies trajectories, highlights emerging patterns, and helps us prepare for what’s next.
Why Predictive AI Matters
The difference between AI and predictive AI is the difference between a mirror and a compass. A mirror reflects what already exists. A compass points toward where we are heading.
In the context of health, wellness, and therapeutic discovery, this distinction is critical. Research is accelerating in areas like cannabinoids, regenerative medicine, and exosome biology. Policy frameworks are shifting. Public understanding is evolving. To navigate this complexity, we need more than summaries—we need foresight.
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That’s where PaiNT Research comes in.
PaiNT Reseach: Five Categories, One Vision
PaiNT is not a single tool. It is a network of editorial categories, each designed to serve a specific role in the cycle of discovery, dialogue, and advocacy. Together, they form a closed-loop system that moves from spark to synthesis, from insight to action.
1. PaiNT Engage
The conversation starter. Engage is where we pose predictive questions, invite dialogue, and gather perspectives from our community. It’s about sparking curiosity and surfacing diverse voices.
2. PaiNT Palette
The conversation shaper. Palette takes the raw input from Engage and blends it with predictive AI insights, curating a coherent picture of where research and advocacy are heading. It’s about composition, not just collection.
3. PaiNT Your Wagon
The action driver. Your Wagon translates predictive insights into practical steps—whether for policymakers, wellness advocates, or everyday readers seeking clarity. It’s about turning foresight into forward motion.
4. PaiNT You a Picture
The visual storyteller. You a Picture transforms complex research into accessible infographics, diagrams, and visual narratives. It’s about clarity through design, making the science of therapeutics understandable to all.
5. PaiNT the Town
The amplifier. The Town takes curated insights and spreads them into broader conversations—through advocacy, media, and public education. It’s about ensuring that predictive intelligence doesn’t stay siloed, but resonates across communities.
Together, these categories form the PaiNT Network—a living ecosystem of predictive storytelling.
Rediscovering Research as Interaction
At its core, PaiNT Research is about rediscovering research as interaction. Too often, research is locked away in journals, policy documents, or technical filings. PaiNT seeks to break down those walls by:
• Translating complexity into narratives that resonate.
• Inviting participation so that communities become co-authors of discovery.
• Forecasting relevance so that insights are not just timely, but anticipatory.
This approach is especially important in the field of therapeutic biology. From cannabinoids to regenerative medicine, the science is advancing rapidly—but public understanding often lags behind. PaiNT Research bridges that gap, ensuring that breakthroughs are not just reported, but contextualized and understood.
Inspirational Technologies’ Mission
Inspirational Technologies has always stood at the intersection of innovation, advocacy, and storytelling. Our mission is to shape public perception and policy through credible, engaging narratives that empower communities.
With the PaiNT Network, we are extending that mission into the realm of predictive intelligence. By blending editorial rigor with AI foresight, we are creating a platform that doesn’t just inform—it inspires action.
As Steven Smith notes:
Looking Ahead
The launch of PaiNT Research is only the beginning. In the coming months, Inspirational Technologies will:
• Roll out “Engage → Palette” cycles on our blog, showing how dialogue evolves into curated insights.
• Publish “PaiNT Your Wagon” action briefs to guide policymakers and advocates.
• Release “PaiNT You a Picture” visuals to make complex science accessible.
• Amplify insights through “PaiNT the Town”, ensuring that predictive intelligence reaches the audiences who need it most.
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Our goal is simple yet ambitious: to establish PaiNT Research as a leading voice in predictive research storytelling, shaping how society understands the biology of therapeutics.
A Call to Collaboration
We believe that predictive intelligence is not a solitary pursuit—it is a collective canvas. Every voice adds a brushstroke. Every perspective adds depth. Together, we can paint a future where research is not just conducted but understood; not just published but lived.
Join us as we launch PaiNT Research. Explore the categories. Share your insights. Help us shape the narrative of wellness, biotech, and therapeutic discovery.
Because the future is not something we wait for—it’s something we paint together.
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