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1. I wasn't aware that the president’s mother, shortly after her arrival in the U.S. in 1930, worked as a maid in the mansion of Andrew Carnegie’s widow. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
2. Census records can be hard to parse—and, as Burleigh admits, it has never been confirmed by the Trump family. But the names and dates line up: 
3. If the story is true, it’s no discredit to MacLeod—who emigrated from her home, found work, and achieved security and success. But the connection between these two icons of American wealth—Carnegie and Trump—is still tantalizing.
4. Here is what Carnegie had to say about inherited wealth: “Great sums bequeathed oftener work more for the injury than for the good of the recipients.” The president reportedly received more than $400 million from his parents.
