Trump however told Daily Mail Online that his father had not been arrested and that it was impossible he could have been, as it would have prevented him getting business licenses in the future.
‘This is ridiculous,’ he said.
‘He was never arrested. He has nothing to do with this. This never happened. This is nonsense and it never happened.
‘This never happened. Never took place. He was never arrested, never convicted, never even charged.
‘It’s a completely false, ridiculous story. He was never there! It never happened. Never took place.
‘Think – if it had, he would never have been able to get licenses in New York for anything associated with his business, with construction. This is just bizarre and untrue.
‘You don’t even know it’s the same person! Nobody says it was!’
Trump Says KKK Story Bizarre, False
Yes, it’s possible the whole thing is cooked up in some way.
As I commented yesterday (in the comments under the post), on his TV show, Stephen Colbert had superimposed the KKK image on Trump only the day before this KKK story sprang up.
It’s quite possible that the Fred Trump at the correct address is not the same person, but a relative;
or that the reporter got the name wrong;
or that Fred Trump was just an innocent bystander.
Fred Trump was only 21 at the time and it was long before his real-estate career began.
It’s also possible that the incident happened and Donald Trump just didn’t know about it.
But the damage is done.
There will be more back-and-forth about it that will permanently link the anti-immigration arguments today with the KKK.