Melania Trump – until now only a minor presence on the campaign trail – found herself in the midst of an embarrassing plagiarism controversy Tuesday after a prime-time defense of her husband Donald that appeared to be lifted in part from a speech given by Michelle Obama.

No sooner had the poised, 46-year-old former model delivered her speech to cheering delegates at the Republican National Convention than the unmistakeable similarities to a passage from Obama’s speech to the 2008 Democratic convention came to light.

In both passages, the women are introducing themselves to the American public by speaking of the values that have shaped their lives.

“My parents impressed on me the values: that you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. That you treat people with respect. They taught me to show the values and morals in my daily life. That is the lesson that I continue to pass along to our son,” Melania Trump said.



“And we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. Because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”

In her speech, Michelle Obama said, “And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them.

“And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children – and all children in this nation – to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”

“Fragments”

Trump’s senior communications adviser, Jason Miller, issued a statement that sidestepped the plagiarism question while not denying it.

“In writing her beautiful speech, Melania’s team of writers took notes on her life’s inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking,” he said. “Melania’s immigrant experience and love for America shone through in her speech, which made it such a success.”

The speech was the highlight of a chaotic opening day of a Republican convention that is set to formally nominate her husband as the party’s presidential candidate later this week.

A beaming Trump personally introduced his glamorous, European-born wife to the cheering delegates gathered in Cleveland, breaking with tradition by appearing before his actual nomination.

“It was truly an honor to introduce my wife, Melania. Her speech and demeanor were absolutely incredible. Very proud!” the billionaire tweeted afterwards.

http://punchng.com/trumps-wife-accused-plagiarising-michele-obamas-speech/

yup she plagiarizes a speech of the first lady of a president that Donald Trump hates lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1HL_GLf8QE

my guess. this is intentional , we all know Trump likes to stay in the news, either good or bad. that increases is popularity, even his opponent can't stop talking about him .

Yahoo tagged it "an unforgivable sin". *the poster above me, i doubt it was a deliberate attempt*. truth is it is difficult to find the likes of Obama and Michelle. So when you want to take over from a good leader then you entering a really big shoe its not a job you just wake up, do make up and take because if you do, these bashing are what you get. America is on the worlds view.

I don't know the kinda comment I ll post on this

Cool

I don't think it's intentional. But the person who wrote the speech for her should be sanctioned. Melania should start writing her own speech

It's obvious that Trump and his wife have nothing good to offer Americans... They can't even construct a simple speech of their own.

Lol

Trump all the way

Trump is a fraudster.

Trump: On the news for wrong reasons...

THis is fr**king embarrassing and funny

Me and Mrs Trump need a face to face

Olodo.
They just wrote for her and she just swallowed everything

A good example of copy & paste as practiced in naija universities . Abegi, fire the speech writer

Many will quote me for my predictions but I will definitely refer to it after America's November elections.


Trump is America's next President.

Hmm

Could not stop laughing when I first listened to it on Coofm Kano' s Good Morning Nigeria show this Morning.
its a clear Case of plagiarism .
Thingy is Trump' s wife does not sound intelligent to me as Compared to Obama's. You can't be an American first lady with a shaky voice .

Trump and his team are just taking their followers for a ride... In fact, Trump is selling his global brand and not really campaigning for presidency...

Although, I don't plan on voting for either Trump or Clinton, I might just write my name where it says "other" on the ballot ... But

Clinton will embarrass Trump in Nov, why
Trump is the only person I have know in the business world to file for bankruptcy multiple times and still a billionaire what does that mean? He is a good businessman....
On the other hand, Clinton have been in the political arena for a while from Governors house, to white house, to senate floor to Secretary of State, what does that tell you ? She is a seasoned politician and knows her way around the system and since both Trump and Clinton are both playing in political turf, Clinton have an upper hand.

With all their money, they cannot hire someone to at least write a speech.

This election just sounds like a joke to me

B

Hilarious

They were match-made in heaven. Lmsao

is her speech copyrighted? ,abeg talk another thing

Lying husband and wife

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fratermathy:
Trump: On the news for wrong reasons...

Like fayose,

BTW: its not On the News its In the News.


Your English teacher needed to be crucified

Nigerians won't face their problems.