"Be Best" slogan thought up by Melania Trump

[left-of-center2012]

CBS This Morning news said Melania thought up the slogan "Be Best"
and the White House is very proud of her creativity.

"This demonstrates the brilliance of the First Lady" a White House spokesperson reportedly said.

[femmocrat]

1. "brilliance"? cough cough

Sounds like they patted her on the head and gave her a cookie.

Maybe it got lost in translation from Slovenian.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. The Slavic languages tend not to use definite articles.

Hence "Be Best" instead of "Be The Best."

Either way, it's lame.

[Bucky]

18. Be best-in-show

Be eye candy

[COLGATE4]

3. It was actually supposed to read "Be the best"

but since Melania's native tongue (as in most Slavic languages) drops the article it came out "Be best".

[PubliusEnigma]

4. It isn't even grammatically correct. Let's teach that to children.

The runner-up slogan was "Do Biglier".

[oasis]

10. Lol

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. ...

[logosoco]

5. I thought about this "phrase" as my grandsons went off to the bus this morning.

I always say "have a good day! learn stuff!" or something like that. Maybe tomorrow I will say this and see their reaction.

I went back in and asked my daughter (who listens to "Pod Save America" as she gets ready for work) if I should have told them "Be best!" and she looked at me like I was nuts. I had to explain where it came from.

[left-of-center2012]

6. Is being Trump's wife Melania's "best"?

[Bucky]

17. "Be better than Marla" wasn't as catchy a slogan

[Takket]

7. My reply: "you first"

[Capperdan]

8. 4-H Motto

All ex 4-H members know their motto: To Make the Best Better. Sorry, I don't think Melania is quite so genius.

[yallerdawg]

9. "Be best!" Not "Be your best," not "Be the best you can be..."

"Just You!"

[ginnyinWI]

11. I would never put that much pressure on a child.

"Be best" or "be the best"--doesn't matter.

"Do your best" is much more like what I'd want to say. That means you are basically a worthwhile person and you should try to do your best. This means competing with your own self, not others!

Behavior, not intrinsic value as a human being!

[uppityperson]

12. Exactly. Thank you

[oberliner]

13. Better than "Just Say No"

[edbermac]

14. Actually Donald thought it up, she misunderstood him.

Didn't quite hear the R and A in BREAST.

[ProudLib72]

21. Is it terrible that I heard it that way?

I mean, given the current sexually charged climate of the Rump admin, who can blame me.

[Bucky]

16. Be rich! Be beautiful!

Don't work for or achieve anything. Just be lucky!

Be untroubled by the corruption and bribery all around you. Be happy!

[moondust]

19. SPEAK ENGLISH, DAMMIT!!!

Imagine the RW's apoplectic outcry if a high-profile Democrat had announced from the Rose Garden a quasi-official phrase like this without using an appropriate article or pronoun.



Also, she knows her husband is the most prominent bully with the most prominent bully pulpit on the face of the Earth, right?

[mulsh]

20. You people complain when she plagiarized Michele and have the gall to ridicule her original idea.

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Man there is no pleasing some people.

I have a bit of sympathy for Melania. I don't think this is what she gold dug, I mean signed up for at all.

Until she was surrounded by the nice folks at Barbara Bush's memorial service she looked at miserable as Pope Francis in every picture with that husband of hers.

Be Best may not be good English but one can certainly get the message.

What if that loser, Russian asset husband of hers just set her up by forcing her to do this project and name it?

Come on, have some compassion. you know - BE BEST

[smirkymonkey]

22. You have got to be kidding me?

Proud of her "creativity"? "The brilliance of the first lady?" Are they going to give her a gold star for getting out of bed today?

Honestly, what does this woman do all day? She has to be the most useless person on the planet and they are praising her just for sucking up oxygen.