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Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:44 PM Jul 2016

Report: Trump’s Campaign Is in a ‘Save My Marriage’ Moment After Speech Plagiarism Crisis

http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-trumps-campaign-is-in-a-save-my-marriage-moment-after-speech-plagiarism-crisis/

According to NBC News’ Katy Tur who spoke with campaign sources around the Donald Trump camp, he ads are about to roll after the accusations that Melania Trump‘s speech Monday night may have been, in part, plagiarized.

Tur filed her report from outside Trump Tower in New York City Tuesday morning, and indicated that the situation is more of a “save my marriage” scenario rather than just a crises of the campaign trail.

Reportedly, Melania Trump was never overly enthused about doing the speech to begin with at the Convention. She has been a rarely-seen force on the campaign trail, with her longest speech of the entire 2016 cycle clocking in at only 0 seconds before Monday night. The intention behind having Mrs. Trump speak was to, “show a different side of Donald Trump.” The campaign pegged the speech as the cornerstone of Monday night’s broadcast, putting, “their best person,” on the speech with the candidate’s wife because, “they wanted Melania to outshine everybody.”

“Somebody’s head is going to roll because of this,” offered Tur Tuesday about the state of the campaign staff just hours after the speech. “Somebody needs to stand up and take responsibilty for this,” said Tur of the mood inside the camp.




My guess is no one's head "will roll".
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Report: Trump’s Campaign Is in a ‘Save My Marriage’ Moment After Speech Plagiarism Crisis (Original Post) Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2016 OP
Shouldn't push your wife PatSeg Jul 2016 #1
Trump doesn't seem to care much about saving marriages, this being his third, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #2
You're onto something, Ocelot meow2u3 Jul 2016 #10
If she doesn't take the blame on herself, she is a bad person. LisaM Jul 2016 #3
Seems you were right. hamsterjill Jul 2016 #4
Did anybody notice SheriffBob Jul 2016 #5
He pointed, but didn't touch... SeattleVet Jul 2016 #8
C'mon lillypaddle Jul 2016 #11
How long exactly, is Wednesdays Jul 2016 #6
I almost edited but I actually like that better :-P nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2016 #7
Didn't she say she wrote the speech? tammywammy Jul 2016 #9
No disrespect, but Melania is like a dog who wants "out" vegetarian x Jul 2016 #12
She doesn't want to be a part of this circus. tammywammy Jul 2016 #13
Save your marriage! Collect the whole set! eom Maeve Jul 2016 #14
The best option to save his marriage Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #15

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)
2. Trump doesn't seem to care much about saving marriages, this being his third,
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:47 PM
Jul 2016

so I can't imagine that's motivated him. He'll have to trade Melania in on a younger one in a few years anyhow.

meow2u3

(24,772 posts)
10. You're onto something, Ocelot
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:13 PM
Jul 2016

I think the Trumpsters set up Melania, who's getting older, so Cheatin' Don can have an excuse to dump her for some pretty young bimbo. That's his MO.

LisaM

(27,830 posts)
3. If she doesn't take the blame on herself, she is a bad person.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:49 PM
Jul 2016

She should have watched every other recorded speech every prospective First Lady has given and been well aware of what each of them said. If she can't even do that small amount of homework, she has no business being up there. Trump himself should have watched the other speeches too. They are intellectually lazy, which is their biggest disqualification for being First Couple that I can think of.

But, being them, they will blame someone else.

hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)
4. Seems you were right.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:50 PM
Jul 2016

CNN reporting no one will be fired over this. Of course, that's publicly. What happens behind the scenes will probably be interesting.

SheriffBob

(552 posts)
5. Did anybody notice
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:53 PM
Jul 2016

a scene where trump pointed and poked at his wife's breast? I saw it once on tv but they seem to have deleted it.

It happened as he was standing next to her after the speech. Ultra weird and perverted.

I believe trump is a full blooded perv.

SeattleVet

(5,479 posts)
8. He pointed, but didn't touch...
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:06 PM
Jul 2016

Go to the 17-minute mark here, if you don't want to suffer through the whole thing again.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
9. Didn't she say she wrote the speech?
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:12 PM
Jul 2016

She doesn't want to be involved and maybe this was her way of getting out of ever having to make a speech again.

vegetarian x

(150 posts)
12. No disrespect, but Melania is like a dog who wants "out"
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:22 PM
Jul 2016

And I say that as a feminist, so no lines to read between. Melania just wants out. Can you blame her?

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
13. She doesn't want to be a part of this circus.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:26 PM
Jul 2016

She didn't sign up for a political wife gig. I get it. She could just be devious enough to do this and then they won't have her up there again.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
15. The best option to save his marriage
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:50 PM
Jul 2016

Is to drop out of this silly presidential race before someone gets hurt. That includes Melania and the millions of people that will die when Trump orders nuclear strikes every other week.

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