An op-ed by Trump lifted sections from a former rival

[CajunBlazer]

My personal opinion is that Melania was solely responsible for the plagiarism. My proof no speechwriter got fired. (Think about it.) Plagiarism must run in the family.

Melania's Speech Is Latest Plagiarism Snafu for Trump Campaign

In March, the conservative news website Daily Caller revealed that Trump had seemingly plagiarized large chunks of an opinion piece about U.S. territories from Ben Carson, his former Republican primary rival.

Among other passages, most of the opening paragraph of March 9 piece in the Pacific Daily News published under Trump's byline was identical to Feb. 26 piece in Marianas Variety under Carson's name. (Carson, who by then had dropped out and endorsed Trump, let Trump off the hook by saying the apparent plagiarism didn't bother him.)

[PatSeg]

1. Could have been done by one of the children

or Trump himself.

[KT2000]

2. I was thinking Trump himself

he is so clueless he may have thought no one would notice.

[PatSeg]

6. Also he plays by different rules

than the rest of us and he doesn't deny it. To him, this wouldn't be wrong, unless of course someone did it to him.

[CajunBlazer]

3. Possible, but I firmly doubt it.

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[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Lifted stuff on foriegn affairs from Ben Carson? ...

probably the second least knowledgeable person on the planet?

Completely believable.

[CajunBlazer]

5. Yep, but Ben Carson had forighn policy advisors who actually wrote those documents

Trump has none, because he doesn't need any. He get all of his best advice from watching TV.