Just Politics

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Ivana Trump didn't become a naturalized US citizen until 1988. She married Trumpty in '77 and had the three kids well before then.

In November 1971, 22-year old Zelnícková married 25-year-old Austrian real estate agent Alfred Winklmayr to enable her to leave Communist Czechoslovakia. Ivana received her Austrian passport in March 1972 and left for Canada in September 1972.[5] The ‘cold war’ marriage was not consummated and formally dissolved in August 1973, after a mandatory cooling-off period.[6] In Canada she lived with her boyfriend whom she had been dating since 1967, George Syrovatka, who owned a ski boutique there. For the following two years, she lived in Montreal, improved her English by taking night courses at McGill University, and worked as a model for some of Canada's top fur companies. Zelnícková then left Syrovatka, and moved to New York City to promote the 1976 Summer Olympics that were being hosted in Montreal.


In 1976, Zelnícková met Donald Trump in New York City. On April 7, 1977, they married in a lavish wedding officiated by Norman Vincent Peale.[7] Donald and Ivana Trump became leading figures in New York society during the 1980s. They worked on several large projects, including the renovation of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, construction of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.[8][9]



They had three children: Donald Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), Ivanka Trump (born October 30, 1981), and Eric Trump (born January 6, 1984). Donald Jr. learned to speak fluent Czech (with help of his maternal grandfather), while daughter Ivanka has only basic understanding of her mother's native tongue and Eric was not exposed to the language because at the time of his birth his grandparents were already comfortable enough in using English.[10][11] Ivana has nine grandchildren.[12]

Ivana took a major role in The Trump Organization. She became the Vice President of Interior Design for the company, leading the signature design of Trump Tower. Afterwards, her then-husband appointed her to head up the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino as president. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1988.[13]

and my favorite part....

In October 1990, Ivana Trump's 63-year-old father died suddenly from a heart attack. According to The Guardian, her father - Miloš Zelnícek - was an informer for Czechoslovakia’s Státní bezpecnost (StB) intelligence service and relayed information from Ivana Trump, including a prediction that George HW Bush would win the 1988 presidential election[14]. Ivana stood side-by-side with her husband Donald at the funeral in Prague.[15]. Jaroslav Jansa, codename "Jarda" and secret collaborator to the StB also attended the funeral[16]. That Christmas, when the family was on vacation in Aspen, Colorado, Ivana Trump encountered Marla Maples on the ski slopes.[17]

oops... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump

Will the Czech's take them back?????