Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech
Donald Trump has officially been nominated as a candidate for the Cleveland convention of the Republican Party. For the occasion, his wife,. A speech with strange similarities to that given by Michelle Obama during her husband’s inauguration speech in 2009.
The plagiarized paragraphs recounted the values on which Melania Trump's life was founded, work, respect for one's word, respect for others. Melania Trump had explained that she was trying to pass them on to her son. Michelle Obama spoke in extremely similar terms to the 2008 Democratic convention.
If the Trump clan initially refused to comment before denying it, the author of the speech broke into silence. In a statement, Meredith McIver confessed to having borrowed a few paragraphs from a former speech by Michelle Obama.
“While working with Melania Trump on her recent speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and the messages she wanted to share with the American people,” the author explained. “Michelle Obama is someone she has always loved. On the phone, she read some excerpts from Michelle Obama's speeches to me as examples. I wrote them down and then included the phrasing in the draft which became the final speech. I didn’t check Michelle Obama’s speeches, ”she added.
"You’re not fired"
“This is my mistake and I am sorry for the chaos created, for Melania and the Trumps, and for Michelle Obama. I had no intention of harming, ”Meredith McIver added. The pen also underlined having offered his resignation. A resignation that the Trump family would have refused, depriving us of the famous "You’re fired" from Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" show.
Melania Trump, cheater then. But Melania Trump is also a liar. Indeed, the wife of the American billionaire told a journalist of the American channel NBC, a few hours before giving the controversial speech, that she had written almost the entire speech herself.
Either way, this speech will have ignited social media. But as Léon Zitrone said, "whether people talk about me good or bad, it doesn't matter. The main thing is that we are talking about me ". A quote that fits perfectly with American policy these days where the "show" is now an integral part of elections.
