Plagiarism is distracting from the epic Rick-Roll embedded in Melania Trump’s speech. (Trump campaign has a mole.)
Forget the Melania Trump/Michelle Obama plagiarism allegations for a moment. Did Melania Trump slip an ode to ’80s icon Rick Astley into her Republican National Convention speech? The Internet thinks so.
Watch Melania Trump’s “Rickroll”:
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s Astley’s iconic song, “Never Gonna Give You Up”:
The Urban Dictionary defines a “Rickroll” as “To post a misleading link with a subject that promises to be exciting or interesting…but actually turns out to be the video for Rick Astley’s debut single, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.'” There was no video in Melania’s speech, though. “We Are the Champions” played as Trump joined his wife on stage.
Trump strode onto the Convention stage to the song “We Are The Champions,” just before introducing his wife to thousands of Republicans. (Getty)
Of course, the bigger news: The allegations that Melania Trump had lifted pieces of a 2008 Michelle Obama speech when she gave her keynote address July 18 at the Republican National Convention. Read more about those allegations here:
On Twitter, they were having a field day with the Melania “Rickroll”:
Rick Astley. You couldn’t make this up! 😂😂😜
Why is Rick Astley trending?
Bravo @MelaniaTrump for managing to plagiarize Michelle Obama AND Rick Astley in the same speech 👏🏿