I doubt she had any idea she was doing it. I think what likely happened is she asked somebody to write her a speech and didn't scrutinize the finished product. She strikes me as somebody who doesn't care about U.S. politics, so she was probably clueless about Michelle's speech. But none of us really knows the whole story.

I don't dismiss Melania Trump as an innocent victim, but I do feel sorry for her. She's been made an object of national ridicule and been publicly humiliated by her husband's adulteries, all while being dragged into a political freak show she clearly doesn't like or understand.

When I think of her, the Eagles classic "Lyin' Eyes" comes to mind, about a young woman who marries a rich older man and winds up in lonely despair. Sometimes the choices people make for their own comfort and security end up backfiring. It might be their own fault (or it might not, we don't know), but either way they still deserve compassion.