dodges draft
10/07/1885 AD fled
After completing his apprenticeship as a barber, Trump returned to Kallstadt, a village with about 1,000 inhabitants only to discover there was not enough business to earn a living.
He was also approaching the age of eligibility for conscription to military service in the Imperial German Army.
He quickly decided to immigrate to the United States, later saying, "I agreed with my mother that I should go to America."
His family members later said that he departed secretly at night, leaving his mother a note. As a result of Trump fleeing mandatory conscription required of all citizens, a royal decree was later issued banishing him from the country.
