What’s That About Trump?

Friedrich Trump, Donald’s great-grandfather, joined the bandwagon—with no wagon,
but rather hired Indigenous locals to carry much of his load—and established
the Arctic Restaurant and Hotel, which also served as a brothel, and which
Parks Canada and the Carcross Tagish First Nation are now restoring to be
part of an interpretive tour. The former U.S. president may own resorts on
four continents, but his ancestral fortune began with a two-story outfit selling
swan meat and sex in Canada.
Trump’s trunks contained, among other necessities, more than his weight in bacon,
and he would’ve needed to hire Tlingit pack carriers, who translated “newcomers”
as “cheechakos.”
The Arctic Hotel offered an omnivorous menu of moose, goose, caribou and cranberries,
but most of the profit for Trump and his business partner, Earnest Levin, came from alcohol and prostitution.