Overall, this is certainly not the first time that Trump has been accused of capitalizing on Obama's ideas. I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech. Over the phone, she read me some passages from Mrs. A person she has always liked is Michelle Obama. Rolling Stone reported that McIver offered an explanation in a statement released by the Trump Organization in July 2016: In working with Melania Trump on her recent First Lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her. A Trump campaign aide, Meredith McIver, eventually took responsibility for the similarities between the two speeches. In 2016, Trump gave a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, that had significant similarities to a speech given by Michelle Obama in 2008 at that year's Democratic convention. This does not constitute the first time that the current first lady has been accused of using ideas from the Obama administration. When asked by Oprah Winfrey what men can do to help end sexism in the workplace, the former first lady had commented, "Be better." According to Time, Obama had first proposed the "Be better" solution at the White House Summit on the United States of Women in 2016.
Shortly after Trump announced her platform, some on social media noted the similarities between her "Be Best" slogan and Obama's "Be better" quote. In describing why she chose the platform, the first lady said during her speech, "As a mother and as first lady, it concerns me that in today's fast-paced and ever-connected world, children can be less prepared to express or manage their emotions and oftentimes turn to forms of destructive or addictive behavior such as bullying, drug addiction or even suicide."
Twitter had some strong opinions about the similarities between the new slogan and a quote from Obama, with some accusing Trump of plagiarism.Īs Trump described during a Rose Garden speech on Monday, her "Be Best" campaign will focus on three main initiatives: ending opioid abuse, encouraging positive social media use, and promoting well-being. However, the first lady has received criticism for her initiative, as some believe that Melania Trump copied Michelle Obama with her "Be Best" slogan. "Those responsible" would be punished, the office said, adding that a deputy director in the presidency had admitted the mistake.On Monday, the first lady announced her new official platform, which is focused on helping children in the United States. From a young age, my parents impressed on. The plagiarized passages, in bold below, concerned the importance of hard work and honesty. "President Buhari urges Nigerians to look beyond this incident and focus on the message of change which the country needs in order to restore our cherished value systems," the office said after a Twitter user joked about the incident. In her first major address before the nation on Monday night, Melania Trump appears to have plagiarized a number of lines from first lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. are too close to be passed as coincidence," Buhari's office said in a statement. His remarks focused on what action the world has taken since the signing of the Paris Agreement six years ago, as well as on what action needs to be. 8, Obama gave a 45-minute speech at COP26, being held in Glasgow, Scotland this year. "It was observed that the similarities between a paragraph in President Obama's 2008 victory speech and what President Buhari read in paragraph nine of the 16-paragraph address. At COP26, Obama made a speech about fighting the climate crisis at COP26 in Glasgow. But one paragraph in the speech urging Nigerians not to fall back "on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country so long" was copied from Obama's victory speech after his election in November 2008. Last week, Buhari gave a speech to launch a campaign titled "Change begins with me," part of his credo to end graft in Africa's biggest economy which is gripped by mismanagement and poverty despite sitting on vast energy reserves. President Barack Obama in a speech promising change in the West African country, his office said on Friday. ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari plagiarized quotes from U.S.