Archinect - News2024-05-02T10:21:14-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149958855/yeah-so-about-melania-trump-s-architecture-degree
Yeah, so about Melania Trump's architecture degree... Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2016-07-20T14:02:00-04:00>2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mj/mj3blywy2byzsv4c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>When Melania Trump’s much-anticipated address at the Republican National Convention on Monday provoked outrage for <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/755803537653764096" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s speech</a> at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the typically demure member of Trump’s campaign suddenly became the center of a lot of negative press.</p><p>The ensuing wave of critical attention towards Melania Trump dug up other questionable details about her position in the campaign—among them, its claim that she obtained “a degree in design and architecture at University in Slovenia”, according to her bio in the <a href="http://convention.gop/post/147558746375/2016-gop-convention-program-announced" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GOP Convention’s program</a>. The same information appears on Melania Trump’s <a href="http://www.melaniatrump.com/my-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">official website</a>.</p><p>An obvious red flag, pointed out by <a href="http://www.snopes.com/melania-trump-architecture-degree/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snopes.com</a>, is that “There is no ‘University in Slovenia,’ nor is there a ‘University of Slovenia.’” Previous to the RNC, multiple profiles of Melania Trump (including those for <a href="http://www.gq.com/story/melania-trump-gq-interview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GQ</a> and <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/09/who-is-melania-trump" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a>) had looked into her academic background and reported that she did indeed attend the school of architecture a...</p>