{"id":2469992,"date":"2025-08-02T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-president-trump-shares-touching-story-of-how-his-parents-met\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:21:33","slug":"watch-president-trump-shares-touching-story-of-how-his-parents-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-president-trump-shares-touching-story-of-how-his-parents-met\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: President Trump Shares Touching Story of How His Parents Met"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-president-trump-shares-touching-story-of-how-his-parents-met%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2469992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump shared the story of how his parents, Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod, met, inspired by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-arrington-magnet-of-welfare-services-pulling-migrants-across-the-border\/\" title=\"Rep. Arrington: Magnet of welfare services pulling migrants across the border\">recent visit<\/a> to Scotland. Mary Anne, originally from a Gaelic-speaking community on the Isle of Lewis, immigrated to New York City in 1930 as an 18-year-old. There, she met Fred Trump, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >triumphant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-donors-back-efforts-to-recall-calif-gov-newsom\/\" title=\"... donors back efforts to recall Calif. Gov. Newsom\">real estate developer<\/a><\/a>.Trump described their meeting as love at first sight,with his father immediately telling his mother he had met his future wife. The couple married in 1936 and remained together until Fred Trump&#8217;s death in 1999, having five children, including Donald Trump. Additionally, Trump praised the resilient spirit of the Scottish people during his interview and recounted his efforts in securing approval for his golf course project in Scotland, noting how actor Sean Connery&#8217;s support expedited the process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump recounted the story of how his parents met, a love story evoked by his recent trip to Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with &ldquo;Pod Force One,&rdquo; a podcast hosted by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, Trump recalled that his parents, Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-praised-showing-much-empathy-interviewer-revealed-addiction-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, had a love-at-first-sight encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Anne hailed from a Gaelic-speaking home in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, from which she immigrated to the United States in 1930.<\/p>\n<p>Her journey started in New York City, where she met Fred Trump, a real estate developer who later passed on his trade to his son, the current commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When she came to New York, she was a young girl of about 18 years old,&rdquo; Trump told Devine. &ldquo;She hadn&rsquo;t seen the world, and she met my father.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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&lsquo;I just met my wife,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump said, describing the day his parents met.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that his father was 32 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>His parents would wed in 1936, and they would remain married until Fred Trump&rsquo;s death in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>They would have four other children besides the 45th and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tees-up-a-golfball-says-hell-be-47th-president-of-the-united-states\/\" title=\"... Tees Up A ...ball, Says He\u2019ll Be \u201947th\u2019 President Of The United States\">47th president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> tells the story of his mother&rsquo;s journey to the United States from the Isle of Lewis, where she met his father, Fred Trump:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When she came to New York, she was a young girl of about 18-years-old, and she hadn&rsquo;t seen the world &mdash; and she met my father&hellip; He came home that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YS8keqG0WY\">pic.twitter.com\/YS8keqG0WY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1950261264850309152?\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the interview with the New York Post, Trump commended the Scottish people for their fighting spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Scottish people are really amazing,&rdquo; he said, noting that England had great difficulties with conquering them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They couldn&rsquo;t quite tame them,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cut the ribbon of the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/european-leaders-furious-trump-gets-best-monumental-trade-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland<\/a>, on Tuesday, after an extended battle to get the zonings approved.<\/p>\n<p>The actor Sean Connery was apparently instrumental in winning the approval.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was very tough zoning, environmentally here to get that approved. And when they approved it, they approved two courses, but I had to start the second one within 10 years from the first,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/29\/us-news\/trump-debuts-sean-connery-impression-while-sharing-tales-of-scottish-ancestry-on-pod-force-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Devine. &ldquo;So, if I didn&rsquo;t start it, let&rsquo;s say two years ago, we would have lost that right, you&rsquo;d never get it back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his best Connery impression, Trump said that the James Bond actor told the Scottish authorities, &ldquo;Let the bloody bloke build his damn golf courses and let him put money into our country. 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