cleveland melania trump speech republican national convention ignite controversy contain section strikingly similar word deliver democratic convention 2008 woman hop succeed u.s. first lady michelle obama official campaign republican presidential candidate donald trump suggest similarity section michelle obama speech may result error team speech writers donald trump make mention issue twitter post early tuesday say simply truly honor introduce wife melania trump last night speech demeanor absolutely incredible proud trump never hold elective office white house campaign mark frequent controversy unorthodox policies freewheel remark alarm many republican establishment tradition party conventions spouses offer enthusiastic personal endorsement candidates tuesday night gather cleveland formally anoint donald trump republican presidential candidate nov. election small section melania trump roughly 15-minute speech highlight open day convention similar part michelle obama speech 2008 support barack obama campaign president parent impress value work hard want life word bond say keep promise treat people respect say melania trump slovenian-born jewelry designer former model teach show value morals daily life lesson continue pass along son say need pass lessons many generations follow want children nation know limit achievements strength dream willingness work them 2008 michelle obama say barack raise many value work hard want life word bond say go treat people dignity respect ... barack obama set build live guide value pass next generations add want children children nation know limit height achievement reach dream willingness work them monday speech melania trump tell nbc remark air several network write ... little help possible spokesman trump campaign call speech success suggest writers might mistakenly inject borrow language write beautiful speech melania team writers take note life inspirations instance include fragment reflect think jason miller trump senior communications adviser say statement paul manafort chairman trump campaign play similarities trump obama speeches many similarities couple phrase manafort tell cbs news tuesday basically three place speech fragment word speak front 35 million people yesterday know never crib another speech without acknowledge quote somebody else nothing speech think anybody word manafort say ask write manafort say collaboration know much exactly write word speech reflect feel husband country family frankly vision want communicate husband new jersey governor chris christie ask former prosecutor could make case plagiarism melania trump speech reply 93 percent speech completely different michelle obama speech express common thoughts think tonight talk move whatever ... come tonight christie former rival trump republican presidential nomination support tell nbc today show tuesday story correct show melania interview nbc paragraph 13 melania trump 's speech echo michelle obama word