Trump shares rare 1915 family portrait on Truth Social
Trump the colorized photograph shows Trump's father Fred Trump as a boy alongside grandparents Friedrich and Elisabeth Trump, aunt Elizabeth, and uncle John Trump.
WHITE HOUSE — Donald Trump shared a rare colorized 1915 portrait of five members of his family on a Truth Social post on July 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM EST (see truthsocial).
Here is the full post on [truthsocial]: “My father, grandparents, uncle, and aunt! The Trump Family, 1915 Fred Trump, Friedrich Trump, Elizabeth Trump, Elisabeth Trump, and John Trump”
The photograph shows five members of the Trump family posed in a formal studio setting. Fred Trump, Trump’s father, appears as a boy in a blue suit on the far left. Friedrich Trump and Elisabeth Trump, Trump’s paternal grandparents, are seated in the center. Elizabeth Trump and John Trump, Trump’s aunt and uncle, stand alongside the family.
Friedrich Trump was a German-born immigrant who became a U.S. citizen and built an early fortune in the restaurant and lodging business during the Klondike Gold Rush before settling in New York City. Elisabeth Trump, born Elisabeth Christ, married Friedrich in 1902 and raised the family in Queens, New York. Their son Fred Trump went on to become a prominent real estate developer in New York City and the father of former and current Trump.
Fred Trump, Friedrich Trump, Elizabeth Trump, Elisabeth Trump, and John Trump posed in a studio in 1915. The rare colorized portrait, shared by Donald J.
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John Trump, the youngest child pictured in the portrait, became a noted physicist and electrical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He made significant contributions to high-voltage electrostatics, radar technology during World War II, and the development of rotational radiation therapy for cancer treatment. Trump has referenced his uncle’s scientific career on numerous occasions over the years.
The post is one of only 4 out of 529 Trump posts in the last 30 days on the topic of “Trump Family,” a Zenger analysis of a real-time database of all Truth Social posts found. The infrequent nature of such personal posts makes the portrait sharing a notable departure from the policy and political commentary that dominates Trump’s social media activity.
The timing of the post falls on the eve of Independence Day weekend celebrations, a period during which political figures often share personal or patriotic content with their followers.
Source: Zenger real-time database of all Truth Social posts.
Note: Chart generated on July 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM EST
Source: Zenger analysis real-time database of all Truth Social posts
Note: Table generated on July 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM EST