Suddenly, Mrs T looks like a winner

MELANIA TRUMP, an immigrant who was born in communist Slovenia, addressed an enormous crowd in Ohio – where you can openly carry guns – in a white Roksanda Ilincic gown with sleeves like celestial doughnuts. Bold. And a strong look. I know there was a stink over the fact that she read out bits of a speech once made by Michelle Obama. Obviously I don’t approve of plagiarism – it’s a pathetic form of theft – but I watched delegates’ faces during the interminable oration (17 minutes) and I can promise you this: nobody there cared a hoot that Melania, right, didn’t write her own speech, that she spoke her second language in an accent even heavier than Arnie’s, and stole the words of the inspiring, accomplished woman she wants to replace. Nobody. All that mattered was she looked like a wicked stepmother in a Disney cartoon (ie fabulous), and the Republicans could imagine Mrs Donald J. Trump as First Lady.