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Yes, there is historical evidence that Donald Trump's grandfather,
Friedrich Trump
(later Frederick Trump), amassed a significant portion of his initial
wealth by operating successful restaurants and hotels that also served
as bars and brothels in the Yukon, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush. During
the late 1890s and early 1900s, Friedrich Trump opened the "Arctic
Restaurant & Hotel" in Bennett, British Columbia, and later
relocated the business to Whitehorse, Yukon. These establishments
catered to the thousands of male gold prospectors in the area, offering
food, liquor, and, according to contemporary newspaper ads and
historical accounts, access to prostitutes in "private suites for
ladies". One newspaper writer from the time advised that "respectable
women" should not frequent the establishment due to the activities that
occurred there.
Trump
sold the business and left the Yukon in 1901 before local authorities,
the North West Mounted Police, began a serious crackdown on
prostitution, gambling, and liquor sales. He returned to Germany with a
substantial "nest-egg" (estimated at over half a million US dollars in
today's currency), which formed the foundation of the Trump family
fortune and was used by his son Fred Trump to begin his real estate
investments in New York.
Donald Trump has reportedly called the accounts that his grandfather ran a brothel "totally false".
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