"So either she plagiarized Michelle Obama, or she's a liar."

I suspect both are true. Whether she wrote the speech or not, she's the speaker of record and the plagiarism is on her. But, for what it's worth, I also suspect the "wrote it with as little help as possible" line is a crock. Her English just isn't that good. Anyway, the conversation with Lauer was damage control in the wake of a highly embarrassing moment, so I take it all with a grain of salt.

Funny you should mention my Christian charity. Actually, lately I've been feeling too tempted to compromise it because of my anger about the state of our government and the world. I don't like feeling this way. I don't like feeling pulled into being uncharitable by what I see as the uncharitable behavior of others.

So maybe my sympathy for Melania is a bit of compensation for my negative feelings about her husband. Who knows? But what I do know is that she's harmless, so extending compassion to her really doesn't cost me much.