Trump shares rare 1915 family portrait on Independence Day weekend
Trump the president posted a colorized photograph identifying his father Fred Trump, grandparents Friedrich and Elisabeth Trump, and his uncle and aunt.
WHITE HOUSE — Donald Trump shared a colorized 1915 portrait of his father, grandparents, uncle, and aunt on a Truth Social post on July 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM EST.
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. Friedrich Trump, a German-born immigrant and businessman, is seated alongside his wife Elisabeth Trump. Their three children — Fred Trump, Elizabeth Trump, and John Trump — stand around the couple in the colorized portrait labeled “The Trump Family, 1915” (see truthsocial).
Friedrich Trump emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1885 and built a fortune through restaurant and hotel ventures during the Klondike Gold Rush before settling in New York. He died in 1918 during the influenza pandemic at the age of 49. His wife Elisabeth continued to manage the family’s real estate holdings after his death.
Friedrich Trump, Elisabeth Trump, Fred Trump, Elizabeth Trump, and John Trump posed in a studio in 1915. The rare family portrait, shared by former President Donald J.
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Fred Trump, shown as a young boy on the far left of the photograph, went on to become one of New York’s most prominent real estate developers. He built thousands of homes and apartments across Brooklyn and Queens over several decades. Fred Trump was the father of Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States. John Trump, the youngest child pictured on the far right, became a noted physicist and electrical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he made contributions to radar technology and high-voltage research.
The post arrived during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a period when the nation marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (see cardinalnews.org). Trump’s decision to share the family image placed his immigrant ancestry in public view during a celebration of American founding ideals.
In the last 30 days, 8 of 543 Trump posts were on the topic of “Trump Family,” according to a Zenger analysis of a real-time database of all Truth Social posts.
Source: Zenger real-time database of all Truth Social posts.
Note: Chart generated on July 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM EST
Source: Zenger analysis real-time database of all Truth Social posts
Note: Table generated on July 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM EST