Tag: Melania Trump

Trump staffer apologizes for Melania plagiarism row

CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — A Trump staffer apologized Wednesday for using remarks by Michelle Obama in a speech delivered by Melania Trump at the Republican National Convention that ignited a deeply embarrassing plagiarism row. The speech from the ex-model, watched by millions on television on Monday night, amounted to a nightmarish start for the convention and subjected her husband’s presidential campaign to withering scrutiny. Melania Trump had “always liked” the Democratic first lady and […]

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Trump looks to wife to move past Republican revolt

by Michael Mathes Andrew BEATTY CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump looked to his wife Melania to put the Republican convention back on track Monday, after a chaotic first day dominated by a stunning open revolt against his White House bid. Jeers and yells filled the convention floor in Cleveland, Ohio and echoed across the political landscape, as simmering divisions among thousands of Republican delegates spilled out into the open. Anti-Trump Republicans — outraged […]

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The Trump show rolls into Cleveland convention

by Andrew BEATTY CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The Republican convention kicks off Monday with a one-two punch of law-and-order tough-talk, and Donald Trump’s wife playing character witness as the bombastic mogul seeks to lock up his presidential nomination. Melania Trump, a Slovenian-born former model, will headline the opening night of the 2016 convention in Cleveland, Ohio, which takes place against a backdrop of fear over racial violence and unrest abroad. A spate of race-tinged […]

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