Did Trump plagiarize Obama's Kobe tribute tweet?

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Pretty similar...

[Skittles]

1. no way did Trump write the second tweet

one of his stupid cult members copied Obama's tweet

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Yep, same staffer that writes Melanie's speeches

[TheBlackAdder]

22. BINGO! 😂

[Kablooie]

28. With Bolton's book hitting the news Trump probably can't think of anything else.

He might not even know about Kobe yet.

[ChubbyStar]

2. Of course he did

Cheaters always cheat.

[dchill]

3. Even if by proxy.

[BHDem53]

5. "Now, watch this drive."

[Thomas Hurt]

6. got to stay on brand as a thief, liar and cheat.

[dflprincess]

7. "Just getting started in life"?

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Kobe had already had one incredibly successful career and, as President Obama noted, was starting his "second act".

You bet Trump plagiarized it - and badly.

[LisaL]

14. Exactly.

At 41, you don't "just getting started in life."

[PatSeg]

23. Yep

Trump tried to convey the same sentiment, but it came out awkward and clumsy. I guess that is because he can't really express anything positive with sincerity.

[rurallib]

8. had Trump written it he would have somehow twisted Bryant's death

to show how great or maltreated he (Trump) is.

[BKDem]

9. Why should Trump bother himself with this?

Is it about Trump or the Impeachment Hoax? No? Then fuck it.

[VOX]

10. Wouldn't be the first time a Trump has stolen words from an Obama.

Melania cribbed from Michelle back in 2016. “Multiple lines about necessity of hard work and strong family values, nearly verbatim from the first lady’s 2008 address...”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/19/melania-trump-republican-convention-plagiarism-michelle-obama
Melania Trump convention speech seems to plagiarise Michelle Obama
06/19/2016

[MontanaMama]

11. The MF didn't plagiarize

but someone on his staff did. All those words are too hard for the MF. Dude is dumb.

[rockfordfile]

25. He did it's in his name

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Original tweet :

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone must have said something to him because that wasn't his original tweet. He just did that tweet less than 15 minutes ago. Here's his original tweet. worthless <a href="https://t.co/OTyEi4lEME">pic.twitter.com/OTyEi4lEME</a></p>— RIP Kobe & God Bless Your Family (@Mouseclicks) <a href="

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. "Untrustworthy".

[stillcool]

13. that would be so tacky...

and foolish, and obvious...yeah, he could have done it.

[Tanuki]

15. Meredith McIver ghost wrote it, most likely.

[virgogal]

16. No,most condolences are similar.

[July]

21. Clearly not true in this case.

Given that Trump’s original tweet about Bryant lacked all nuance or empathy.

The new tweet echoes everything that Obama’s said. In other words, someone on Trump’s staff noticed that President Obama said, much more eloquently than Trump ever could, all that a kind and compassionate person would say, and all that Trump DIDN’T say.

[smirkymonkey]

18. If it wasn't about him, then someone else wrote it or he plagiarized it.

There is absolutely no way he would write something like that on his own. We all know he doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself.

[Withywindle]

19. Stole it AND made it sound stupider.

Of course a staffer did it anyway, not him. He's completely incapable of feeling or expressing anything remotely like sympathy or compassion.

[coti]

20. Remember when a hint of something like this would be like a month-long scandal?

I mean, for any President with an ounce of self-respect, which even the bad ones had up until Trump. They would realize that, to continue to claim to be a halfway decent human being, which they all wanted to do, they have to explain such dishonest behavior.

Not a problem now. Now we get seven of these smaller scandals per day and a few major ones per week, and our POTUS and 40% of the country couldn't care less.

It's normalization of total moral bankruptcy. Awful.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

24. Not surprising. He copied President Obama's "good economy" and claims to have done it.

His wife is a cheater and liar, too. Nothing should surprise us.

[EveHammond13]

26. remember -- trump copied Obama's inauguration cake (created by Duff Goldman)

I remember Goldman tweeting his displeasure at having his design ripped off.

[DesertRat]

27. Wow. Yes he did.