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Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:07 AM UTCPublished: Mar 7, 2017 12:26 AM UTC The White House copied a portion of its statement praising [ExxonMobil’s announcement](http://fortune.com/2017/03/06/donald-trump-exxonmobil-jobs/) on Monday that it would invest in manufacturing projects in the U.S. from Exxon. The [White House statement](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/06/president-trump-congratulates-exxon-mobil-job-creating-investment), released about 34 minutes after Exxon [put out its announcement](http://news.exxonmobil.com/press-release/exxonmobil-plans-investments-20-billion-expand-manufacturing-us-gulf-region), copied a full paragraph from Exxon’s statement that explained the company’s investment plans. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fcingraham/status/838874217852567552) Through the statement and subsequent tweets, President Trump heavily complimented Exxon, which was most recently run by Trump’s [Secretary of State Rex Tillerson](http://time.com/4629505/rex-tillerson-exxon-working-class/), for promoting job growth in the U.S. A spokesman for Exxon said the company shared information about the announcement with the White House. Plagiarism has cropped up among Trump’s team before — First Lady Melania Trump [used phrases](http://time.com/4412175/republican-convention-melania-trump-michelle-obama/?iid=sr-link3) from Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech during the 2016 Republican National Convention and pundit Monica Crowley turned down a job offer in the Trump administration after being accused of [plagiarizing parts of her book and Ph.D dissertation](http://time.com/4635841/monica-crowley-donald-trump-plagiarism/). 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