Melania Trump And Michelle Obama Speeches: Same Difference?

It’s never a dull moment in the American race for Presidency. Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, broke a record as she took centre stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention and faced accusations that a portion of her speech plagiarized Michelle Obama.

A number of lines in the robustly applauded speech delivered by Melania Trump on Monday night appear to have been lifted verbatim from a speech Michelle Obama delivered at the 2008 Democratic convention

Commentators noticed similarities with Mrs Obama’s 2008 convention speech. Mrs Trump’s speech also praised her husband as a “compassionate” man who would “fight for the country”. It was her first speech of the campaign and she had the help of a speech-writing team.