Trump's dumbest son @DonaldJTrumpJr claims Barack Obama plagiarized him

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President Obama, in his speech at the DNC, used the phrase "That is not the America I know." Donald Trump Jr. claims this was plagiarism, as he had used the same line in a speech he delivered last week.

I'm honored that POTUS would plagiarize a line from my speech last week. Where's the outrage? #DemsInPhilly https://t.co/sFQ7fblpLh

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 28, 2016

The context is Melania Trump's own obvious and lengthy plagiarism of several sentences of a Michelle Obama speech. Thing is, "not the America I know" is such a common turn of phrase that it retreated long ago to the world of political cliche. Among those who used it before Trump Jr.? Hillary Clinton. George Bush Jr. And, of course, Obama himself, at an earlier date.

Don Jr. says Obama stole this line coined by Don Jr. on 7/19/16. Except, oops, Obama said it 9/8/10. In Cleveland. https://t.co/kqrTiz75qQ

— Will Saletan (@saletan) July 28, 2016

@DonaldJTrumpJr @politico "that's not the America I know" GWB 9/17/2001 -- at a mosque. On tolerance of Muslims

— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) July 28, 2016

Trump Jr. quickly followed up to claims he was just trolling.

No, but I did think it was funny. The overreaction is even more funny. Have a nice day sir. https://t.co/06Xcasvcok

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 28, 2016

Suuuuure you were.

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