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In July 2016, much ado was made about the similarities between Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention and the remarks delivered by Michelle Obama eight years before at the Democratic National Convention. Since then, numerous rumors holding that the First Lady (as well as other members of the Trump family) have plagiarized content have appeared periodically. A new item was added to the list in September 2017 when a meme purportedly showing the similarities between Trump and Obama's respective speeches at the United Nations was passed around the internet: The portion of this meme dealing with Michelle Obama's speech is accurate. On 24 September 2014, the former First Lady delivered a speech at the United Nations for the third annual Global Education First Initiative event. The entire speech can be read on the official White House web site. We've reproduced the relevant portion below: The portion of this meme dealing with Melania Trump's speech, however, is inaccurate. Although an official transcript was not available on WhiteHouse.gov at the time of this writing, CNN posted a video featuring the First Lady's full remarks on cyberbullying at the United Nations on 20 September 2017:
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