Michelle Obama just explained her reasons for not attending the inauguration of President Donald Trump, a move which has inspired a lot of speculation among her followers.
The former first lady discussed her decision in a newly released <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5q4BMln7M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> of her podcast, “IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson,” where she spoke with actress Taraji P. Henson.
&#8220;My decision to skip the inauguration — or my decision to make choices at the beginning of this year that suited me — were met with such ridicule and criticism,&#8221; Obama explained. &#8220;People couldn&#8217;t believe that I was saying no for any other reason. They had to assume that my marriage was falling apart.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m here really trying to own my life and intentionally practice making the choice that was right for me, and it took everything in my power to not do the thing that &#8216;was right,&#8217; or was perceived as right, but do the things that was right for me,&#8221; she said of the viral rumors of impending divorce. 
Obama said she had to “basically trick” herself into creating a situation where she wasn’t able to go to the inauguration.
&#8220;It started with not having anything to wear,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was like, if I&#8217;m not going to do this thing, I got to tell my team, I don&#8217;t even want to have a dress ready, right? Because it&#8217;s so easy to just say let me do the right thing.&#8221;
The “Becoming” author said not having anything to wear would essentially force her to make the decision she actually wanted to make in the first place.
Obama said it’s all part of her goal of mastering the “art of saying no.”
“It&#8217;s a muscle that you have to build,” she said during the episode. “And I think we suffered, because it&#8217;s almost like we started training late in life to build that muscle, right? I am just now starting to build it.”
“I want our daughters, I want the young women out there… I want my girls to start practicing different strategies for saying no,” she continued. “After all that I&#8217;ve done in this world, if I am still showing them that I have to keep- I still have to show people that I love my country, that I&#8217;m doing the right thing, that I am always setting, going high all the time, even in the face of a lot of hypocrisy and contradiction, all I&#8217;m doing is keeping that crazy bar that our mothers and grandmothers set for us.”
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Michelle Obama Reveals Why She Skipped President Trump’s Inauguration

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Former first lady Michelle Obama addressed the recent rumors that she and her husband of 32 years, Barack, could be heading for divorce.
The 61-year-old “Becoming” author discussed the rumors during an episode of Sophia Bush’s “Work in Progress” podcast, which aired this morning.
Rumors about marital struggles for the Obamas swirled after Michelle skipped attending former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in December. She also didn&#8217;t attend President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, even though her husband was there, as were all the other former first ladies. 
&#8220;The interesting thing is that, when I say &#8216;no,&#8217; for the most part people are like, &#8216;I get it, and I&#8217;m okay,'&#8221; Michelle said, per <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1415869/michelle-obama-breaks-silence-on-barack-obama-divorce-rumors">E! News</a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s the thing that we as women, I think &#8230;we struggle with disappointing people. I mean, so much so that this year people were &#8230; they couldn&#8217;t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.&#8221;
&#8220;This couldn&#8217;t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right?&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But that&#8217;s what society does to us. We start actually, finally going, &#8216;What am I doing? Who am I doing this for?&#8217; And if it doesn&#8217;t fit into the sort of stereotype of what people think we should do, then it gets labeled as something negative and horrible.&#8221;
Later, Michelle mentioned that she’s been considering &#8220;making some big girl decisions&#8221; at this point in her life and understanding that she has to “own it fully.”
&#8220;If not now, when? What am I waiting for? How am I going to spend 20 years?&#8221; she said during the interview. &#8220;Now is the time for me to start asking myself these hard questions of, &#8216;Who do I truly want to be every day?'&#8221;
“And that changes,” she added. “So, who do I want to have a lunch with? How long do I want to stay in a place? Do I want to travel? If a girlfriend calls and says, ‘Let’s go here,’ I can say ‘Yes!’ I can. And I’m trying to do that more and more.”
“I get to look at my calendar, which I did this year. It was a real big example of me, myself, looking at something that I was supposed to do, you know, without naming names, and I chose to do what was best for me,” she said. “Not what I had to do, not what other people wanted me to do, and between you and me, that was an important test for me just as a woman, as an independent person. Because, like all women, I operate from guilt.”
Barack didn’t specifically address divorce rumors, but he did mention his marriage while speaking with Hamilton College president Steven Tepper during an event last week, the outlet noted. 
&#8220;I was in a deep deficit with my wife, so I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things,&#8221; the former president said at the time.

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Former first lady Michelle Obama opened up about her marriage to former President Barack Obama and said she is &#8220;not interested&#8221; in ever running for office. 
During her appearance on Kylie Kelce’s “Not Gonna Lie” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx9-v_cD8IY">podcast</a>, Michelle talked about being married to Barack since 1992, and said one area where they don’t agree is bedtime.
“Bedtime is the best time of the day,” <a href="https://x.com/nglwithkylie/status/1902389606999335409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the former first lady said</a>. “My husband teases me about how early I can go to bed. He just doesn’t understand.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a> is not gonna lie: bedtime is the best time of the day!
Full episode drops on 3/20! <a href="https://t.co/vznStVndQi">pic.twitter.com/vznStVndQi</a>
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Michelle reflected on getting into “some good sheets” at night when it’s “cool.&#8221; But she insisted that if they have guests, she’s “game” and will stay up later.
“I’m talking but, you know, the minute we finish up, I’m just trying not to go to bed before the sun goes down,” Michelle added before sharing that her ideal bedtime is “anytime after dinner.”
The comments came following weeks of rumors about the Obama&#8217;s marital struggles, which were fueled by Michelle’s absence alongside Barack at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
Later in the interview, Michelle made it clear she wants to stay as far away from politics as she can, pointing to their daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, as the main reason.
“I was so glad when we got out of the White House,” the 61-year-old said, referencing when the Obamas family left the White House in 2017. “I wanted them [her daughters] to have the freedom of not having the eyes of the world on them.”
“They still are dealing with paparazzi and being who they are and trying to carve out their own identity,” she added. “So, when people ask me, would I ever run [for office], the answer is no. If you ask me that, then you have absolutely no idea [of] the sacrifice that your kids make when your parents are in that role.”
“Not only am I not interested in politics in that way but the thought of putting my girls back into that spotlight when they are just now establishing themselves, you know, I think we’ve done enough,” Michelle continued. “Question asked and answered. Never going to happen. They’ve already served their time. … It would be unthinkable. Nope.”
Despite the comments, Michelle was involved in the 2024 election, though an insider previously shared that the former first lady “showed up reluctantly for the election,” <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/03/19/celebrity-news/michelle-obama-reveals-point-of-contention-with-barack-after-divorce-rumors/">Page Six</a> reported.
“They were united, but she doesn’t have to unify around [Trump],” the insider said in reference to her absence from Trump&#8217;s inauguration. “She doesn’t have to say anything. Her absence speaks volumes.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kid-rock-has-a-message-for-michelle-obama-after-she-decides-to-skip-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kid Rock Has A Message For Michelle Obama After She Decides To Skip Trump’s Inauguration</a>

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Michelle Obama Gets Candid About Marriage And Politics

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There are a lot of things I&#8217;m willing to do for my podcast — a lot of sacrifices I&#8217;ve made over the years, both big and small. And usually I don&#8217;t like to draw attention to these sacrifices because no one tunes in to listen to my personal problems. But today I have to make an exception to my normal practice. And once you see the footage I&#8217;m about to share with you, you&#8217;ll see why.
I just endured what could be the single greatest trial of my podcasting career, if not my entire life on this planet. Without the assistance of any mind-altering substances or the YouTube fast-forward button or anything like that, I just listened to multiple minutes of Michelle Obama&#8217;s new podcast called &#8220;IMO.&#8221; Each episode is a full hour, and it features Michelle Obama, her brother Craig, and sometimes, if you&#8217;re lucky, a special guest.
The special guest, however, isn&#8217;t an important part of the formula. Whether the guest is there or not, you can expect to listen to approximately one hour of Michelle and her brother talking about themselves. It&#8217;s actually impressive, the degree to which the entire show is about inane, completely uninteresting details of these two people&#8217;s lives.
Here&#8217;s just a sampling of the first episode. And frankly, it&#8217;s an impressive achievement if you can even manage to get through this short montage of the most banal and uninteresting footage ever recorded. Here it is:
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When she says &#8220;blah blah blah&#8221; at the end of that clip — that was the one moment, in this entire hour-long episode, that really resonated with me on a deep level. That was when I thought she recognized that actually, people didn&#8217;t want to hear about her inferiority complex at Princeton, or her mom giving her an alarm clock as a kid, or the precise educational credentials of her husband. Maybe this would mark a pivot point in the podcast, where she starts talking about something remotely interesting. But it never happened. It never even came close to happening.
By far the best part of the first episode was the comments section, which included lines like: &#8220;This should be called “Drop the Mike” with Michelle Obama&#8221;; &#8220;Remember when this guy drowned his chef in a lovers quarrel?&#8221;; and &#8220;Joan Rivers was Right.&#8221; And then Mark Dice chimes in with, &#8220;Which one is Michelle?” — which is, credit where it’s due, one of the funnier YouTube comments I’ve read in quit some time. Then there&#8217;s a bunch of people wondering why she&#8217;s unwilling to be seen in public with her husband anymore. And then there&#8217;s this observation: &#8220;Someone here has got some serious balls, by that I mean whoever hasn&#8217;t disabled the comments yet.&#8221;
And that last person makes a particularly good point. You will not find a single positive comment anywhere on the page. As of Wednesday afternoon, a full 24 hours after this episode launched, it managed to rack up just 65,000 views. And more than half of that figure is from trolls. In the first 15 hours, it had under 20,000 views. Now everyone&#8217;s flooding in to mock it — but in the first two days it did not come close to 100 thousand views, which is the bare minimum you&#8217;d expect a podcast like this to achieve. Overnight it seems to have made it up to 160 thousand views, which means they’re almost certainly paying for views now. But all in all, this show has not resonated, to put it mildly.
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It&#8217;s actually incredible, if you think about it. Someone as famous as Michelle Obama launches a podcast that&#8217;s been so widely promoted and publicized, and yet no one&#8217;s watching it. The media tells us that Michelle is highly popular and would be a shoo-in if she ran for president. But the numbers suggest that the public isn&#8217;t all that interested in her.
Just to be sure I wasn&#8217;t missing anything, I subjected myself to the second episode of the podcast, which was also released on Wednesday. This one features an actress as a guest, but it doesn&#8217;t remotely change what they talk about, which is themselves. Watch:
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The lack of self-awareness is genuinely breathtaking, and at least a little hilarious. That last clip came at the very end of the episode, by the way. She spends the whole time talking about herself. And then she nosedives into astrology, and she claims she&#8217;s really interested in trying to understand other people. Having discussed herself for two hours across two episodes, Michelle Obama wants you to know that she&#8217;s really interested in understanding other people. That&#8217;s what this is all about. And once again, the comments are full of people asking what Big Mike did to the chef. This episode has about 75 thousand views in two days. Just for comparison sake, Joe Rogan released an episode on the same day. It has a million views.
Unfortunately for anyone hoping the misery would end here, there was one more video — a &#8220;digital exclusive&#8221; — that they uploaded along with these episodes. Picture the most cliched, trite content imaginable. And somehow this will probably exceed your expectations. Even if you managed to get through the other two clips, there&#8217;s a very good chance this will take you out. Watch:
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Whatever focus group they paid to come up with segments like this, they need to get a refund immediately. It&#8217;s like if you asked AI to generate a relatable podcast. It would come up with exactly this segment, and have everyone say exactly what these people are saying, and then it would give the podcast the name &#8220;IMO.&#8221; This is what Michelle Obama — who again, some people still pretend is major star and a potential presidential contender — is capable of producing. By the way, that video about hotdogs has 25 thousand views.
This is not just a problem that Michelle is facing. This is a broader crisis on the Left. The trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, for example, has just launched yet another effort to get himself some publicity, after falling off the face of the Earth. Specifically he released a new book that promises a &#8220;modern lens to womanhood,&#8221; even though it&#8217;s written by a man who decided he was a woman a couple of years ago. And predictably, his book launch has been a complete disaster, like everything else he&#8217;s ever been associated with. The word &#8220;flop&#8221; does not begin to describe this particular publication. It sits at number 1,081 on Amazon at the moment, just a few days after its release. A day after it’s release it had not cracked the top 500. This probably translates to maybe a few hundred books sold, at most. To go along with a rating of 2.9 stars on Amazon. So it&#8217;s an unmitigated failure.
Initially, I wasn&#8217;t even aware that Mulvaney&#8217;s book had come out. But then I saw that, like Michelle Obama&#8217;s podcast, pretty much every major media publication in the country has been covering it. CBS News, for example, had a friendly sit-down with Mulvaney. They asked him a bunch of softball questions which he somehow couldn&#8217;t answer. Getting a sit-down interview on CBS to talk about your book is the kind of promotion most authors can only dream about. Conservative authors especially. But this is the sort of assistance Mulvaney, as the great trans mascot, gets. And it has not moved the needle for him even one inch.
But maybe Mulvaney&#8217;s most embarrassing media appearance came on &#8220;The View,&#8221; when he didn&#8217;t seem capable of articulating a coherent thought. Watch:
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So &#8220;Whoopi Goldberg&#8221; begins by distancing herself from Gavin Newsom, because he dared to suggest — dishonestly — that he doesn&#8217;t think men should compete against women in sports. And then she asks Mulvaney about his thoughts on the topic, and it turns out that he has no thoughts. He can&#8217;t defend the idea of men competing against women, because it makes no sense. So instead, he defers to someone named &#8220;Schuyler&#8221; who he says is a &#8220;trans athlete.&#8221;
From what I can tell, Schuyler was a top-performing female swimmer at Harvard. Then she decided during a &#8220;gap year&#8221; that she&#8217;s really a man, so she swam with the men. And in that capacity, she went from a record-breaking swimmer to one of the worst athletes on the team. Somehow this is supposed to be proof of something, I guess. If you ask Schuyler, it&#8217;s proof that men don&#8217;t have any advantages over women in sports, even though Schuyler herself is living proof that the opposite is true.
But as the interview continued, Whoopi offered her own assessment of the situation, in an attempt to pick up the slack for Mulvaney. 
Here&#8217;s how that went:
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What Whoopi pretends not to understand is that no one&#8217;s &#8220;assuming&#8221; that women are weaker. We know that it&#8217;s true. It&#8217;s true in every relevant respect. This is why high school boys can defeat the best women&#8217;s soccer team on the planet. It&#8217;s why women don&#8217;t play in the NFL. And it&#8217;s why no one is watching &#8220;The View&#8221; anymore, or buying Dylan Mulvaney&#8217;s book, or listening to Michelle Obama&#8217;s podcast. People are tired of being lied to, in the name of a political ideology that becomes more discredited by the day.
We could add to this list the total failure of Meghan Markel’s Netflix show, and her Spotify podcast that was just canceled. These are all people — all leftists — who have been heavily promoted by the media and Hollywood. They get the kind of mainstream exposure that nobody on the Right has ever gotten or will ever get. And yet the audience doesn’t care. They can’t sell books or a podcast. The public is totally disinterested.
In fact, just about the only success the Left has had lately is with Gavin Newsom&#8217;s new podcast. That&#8217;s actually doing fairly well. But it&#8217;s only doing well because his guests are all Republicans. If Gavin Newsom were doing a solo show, or talking to other Leftists, it would do about as well as &#8220;IMO.&#8221; In other words, the Left has the same problem culturally that they have politically. 
They have no stars. No leaders in the culture or on the political scene. There&#8217;s a reason nearly all of the most popular political podcasts are right-wing. No matter how aggressively the Left tries to force demented actors and disingenuous politicians and incoherent ideologies on the public, it’s just not working. They can shove all of these people in our face, but what they’re discovering is that they can’t make us care.

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Former first lady Michelle Obama just launched a new podcast with her brother, and despite lots of hype from a number of major media outlets, the venture appears to have fallen mostly flat.
Disclose TV posted on Wednesday that the podcast — which so far has dropped two trailers and two episodes — had only amassed some 12,000 views in the first 14 hours it was live. Reports since indicate that the number of viewers had barely doubled by the 24-hour mark.
&#8220;NEW &#8211; Michelle Obama&#8217;s new podcast &#8216;IMO,&#8217; gets only 12,000 views in 14 hours despite mass-marketing campaigns,&#8221; Disclose.tv posted.
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NEW &#8211; Michelle Obama&#39;s new podcast &quot;IMO,&quot; gets only 12,000 views in 14 hours despite mass-marketing campaigns. <a href="https://t.co/dnGrEqZbvb">pic.twitter.com/dnGrEqZbvb</a>
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In the opening episodes of the podcast, titled &#8220;IMO,&#8221; Obama and her brother Craig Robinson discuss divorce and personal life lessons, among other topics, but largely avoid politics.
Critics were unimpressed with Obama, saying they had expected as much despite the fact that multiple outlets hyped the podcast in the days before its release.
&#8220;Inherently unlikeable. The carefully crafted Obama veneer has finally been shattered,&#8221; Jeff Carlson said.
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Inherently unlikeable.
The carefully crafted Obama veneer has finally been shattered. <a href="https://t.co/QkyWtxy3Z2">https://t.co/QkyWtxy3Z2</a>
&mdash; Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) <a href="https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1900166246819148052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Obamas have lost their mojo. Republicans were never going to watch this. Dems (correctly) perceive that Obama was the man behind the curtain pulling the strings that led to the Biden / Kamala candidate switch debacle, so they blame him for Trump. And here we are &#8230;,&#8221; another added.
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The Obama&#39;s have lost their mojo. 
Republicans were never going to watch this.
Dems (correctly) perceive that Obama was the man behind the curtain pulling the strings that led to the Biden / Kamala candidate switch debacle, so they blame him for Trump. 
And here we are&#8230;👇🏽 <a href="https://t.co/ONarrjLMHj">https://t.co/ONarrjLMHj</a>
&mdash; IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) <a href="https://twitter.com/ITGuy1959/status/1900177943466275065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Red State&#8217;s Bonchie added, &#8220;&#8216;Girl from the South Side&#8230;&#8217; These people can&#8217;t help but be cringe.&#8221;
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These people can&#39;t help but be cringe. <a href="https://t.co/3mYdf31Swa">https://t.co/3mYdf31Swa</a>
&mdash; Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1900204807371026678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How long before YouTube hides subscriber count like they did the dislike button?&#8221; another asked.
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How long before YouTube hides subscriber count like they did the dislike button? <a href="https://t.co/Nzp8JzBnu0">https://t.co/Nzp8JzBnu0</a>
&mdash; Tyler Zed (@realTylerZed) <a href="https://twitter.com/realTylerZed/status/1899989464396488984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;To put this into perspective: Our podcast gets downloaded about 200,000 times per day and we’re a regional morning radio show from Texas,&#8221; Radio host Kenny Webster commented.
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To put this into perspective: 
Our podcast gets downloaded about 200,000 times per day and we’re a regional morning radio show from Texas . <a href="https://t.co/EvZDQHqyan">https://t.co/EvZDQHqyan</a>
&mdash; Kenny Webster (@KennethRWebster) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennethRWebster/status/1900225557746397201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings saw the writing on the wall earlier in the week, predicting during a panel discussion that the former first lady — in spite of her popularity — is no longer quite the queen bee that people thought she was.
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NEW: Scott Jennings claims that Michelle Obama is not as popular as everyone thinks she is. <a href="https://t.co/GCEeVoHJqx">pic.twitter.com/GCEeVoHJqx</a>
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Noting that both Michelle and former President Barack Obama had campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris — and had lost in spectacular fashion — Jennings argued that the Obama name no longer captivated the attention of Americans as it had in the past.
&#8220;I&#8217;m rethinking the premise of — that she&#8217;s the answer to the future, or that any politician is the answer to the Democratic Party —&#8221; he said.

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Michelle Obama’s Podcast Got Major Network Hype. Here’s How The Launch Went …

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Michelle Obama is launching a new weekly podcast with her brother.
The podcast, titled IMO with Michelle Obama &amp; Craig Robinson, will premiere on March 12.
“My brother @CraigMalRob  and I are launching a podcast — @IMOpodcasts with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson! Along with experts and special guests, we’ll be discussing some of your questions. We hope you’ll check it out wherever you get your podcasts,” Obama wrote on X.
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“With everything going on in the world, we’re all looking for answers and people to turn to,” Obama <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/michelle-obama-podcast-craig-robinson-1236158160/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “My brother Craig and I launched the IMOpodcast to create a space for people to come as they are, ask honest questions, give their opinions, and have thoughtful conversations about life. There is no single way to deal with the challenges we may be facing — whether it’s family, faith, or our personal relationships — but taking the time to open up and talk about these issues can provide hope.”
“We grew up talking through life’s big and small questions together,” Robinson, who is the executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, added. “And now, we’re inviting listeners into that conversation, with the hope that it sparks new ideas, new perspectives, and creates the connection we could all use right now.”
Michelle Obama — whose husband, former President Barack Obama, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/barack-obama-on-wealth-inequality-only-so-much-you-can-eat.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a 2018 speech, “There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough” — got paid more than $700,000 for a one-hour speech in Germany.
Michelle Obama spoke at a start-up event held near the annual Oktoberfest beer festival in September 2023; the event’s webpage said roughly 5,000 people would hear her speak about how to “push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.” The event organizers said Michelle Obama “topped the list” of prospective speakers for the event.
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“They really pulled out all the stops to get her,” one source told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>. “It’s one of the highest fees that they have ever paid.”
The Obamas have raked in the cash since Barack Obama left office; they agreed to a $65 million deal with Penguin for their memoirs and signed a multi-year contract with Netflix in 2018. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos supported Obama, and his wife was Obama’s Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011.
Craig Robinson is the former head basketball coach at Oregon State University and Brown University.

ABC’s “Good Morning America” – 2018

‘Ask Honest Questions’: Michelle Obama Launching Podcast With Her Brother

All living former presidents of the United States were joined by their spouses on Monday for Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration as the 47th president — except for Barack Obama, whose wife, Michelle, skipped the ceremony.
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Mrs. Obama’s absence did not come as a surprise; Barack and Michelle Obama’s office issued a <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/michelle-obama-trump-inauguration/6106632/">statement</a> last week: “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.” She also skipped the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter earlier this month.
Michelle Obama’s disdain for Americans who do not share her perspective extends as far back as her <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4314760&amp;page=1">remarks</a> in February 2008, when her husband was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, and she said, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country — and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.&#8221;
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Roughly one week before the 2024 election, speaking at a rally for then-Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan, Obama ripped Americans who didn’t agree with her, <a href="https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-michelle-obamas-speech-at-a-rally-in-michigan/?singlepage=1">saying</a>, “I’ve got to ask myself, well, why on earth is this race even close? I lay awake at night wondering what in the world is going on. And it’s clear to me that the question isn’t whether Kamala is ready for this moment, because, by every measure, she has demonstrated that she’s ready. The real question is, as a country, are we ready for this moment? Are we willing to do what it takes to get her across the finish line, or are we going to let ourselves get distracted and fall for the scam? Are we going to lose sight of the dire consequences if we come up short?”
“And right now, folks, I have to be honest, I’m not completely sure of the answers to those questions. Y’all give me great comfort in this arena. But this is a big country, and that’s why all of my hope about Kamala is also accompanied by some genuine fear. Fear for our country. Fear for our children. Fear for what is coming our way if we forget the stakes in this election, she continued.”
She ripped Trump, saying of Harris, “She will usher in a new generation of American leadership and send the ugliness of Donald Trump and his politics back where it belongs, the past.”

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Michelle Obama The Only Former 1st Lady To Skip Trump’s Inauguration

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kid-rock">Kid Rock</a> had a message about respect for former first lady Michelle Obama after she announced she’s skipping the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
During the rocker&#8217;s appearance on Thursday on <a href="https://x.com/jessebwatters/status/1880070807873024082?s=46&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX News</a> Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” the host asked the 53-year-old singer about performing at Trump’s second inauguration and if this was his first one.
Kid Rock said it wasn&#8217;t his first, reminding Watters that he first attended and performed for the inauguration of former President Barack Obama. 
“I was actually listening to your show a little bit before I got in the truck here. And I heard Michelle Obama&#8217;s not attending,” Kid Rock said. “I would kindly remind her that years back, when Obama was first elected, I did not vote for him, but they asked me to play the inauguration, and I played it, and I went, had a good time.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/KidRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KidRock</a> joins Primetime with a message for <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>. <a href="https://t.co/PzIF2MZAiE">pic.twitter.com/PzIF2MZAiE</a>
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1880070807873024082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
“I went for &#8212; out of respect to the presidency,” he added. “So I would kindly remind Ms. Michelle about that.”
Watters then asked the singer why he thought the former first lady wouldn’t be attending “when all the other first ladies are.”
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“I don&#8217;t know,” Kid Rock replied. “She seems a little angry. She might be &#8212; wow. I don&#8217;t know. If you can&#8217;t say something nice, let me hear it.”
On Wednesday, the Trump-Vance <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inauguration">Inaugural Committee</a> announced that superstars <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/carrie-underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> and Jason Aldean, along with the “Cowboy” hitmaker, will be just a few of the singers participating in the various inauguration events.
At a rally before the inauguration, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-all-the-celebrities-reportedly-planning-to-attend-trumps-second-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kid Rock and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus</a> will perform along with the American disco band the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/village-people-make-huge-announcement-about-trumps-inauguration">Village People</a>, who will also sing at one of the inaugural balls.
Speaking on Watters, Kid Rock said he was putting together something very special for the rally.
“I mean, I have spent so much time on this, when I was first asked to do it, and it was kind of a thing where they&#8217;re like, can you show up and play the track, do a couple songs?” Ritchie said.
“And I was like, respectfully, I&#8217;m not interested in that at all. I&#8217;d rather help you any way I can. I&#8217;m a supporter,” he added. “And so I came up and I put something together, put it all down on paper to the minute, everything choreographed &#8212; this, this, and this. They loved it.”
&#8220;Of course, we get into it. And we&#8217;re going through the due diligence to get it done. And God bless them,” Kid Rock continued. “Here comes the Secret Service and they&#8217;re like, yes, we can&#8217;t &#8212; we can&#8217;t light off fireworks and have big pyrotechnics … but we still got something very special planned.”
The breakdown of all the performances can be found <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vance-inaugural-committee-announces-performers-for-presidential-inauguration">here</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kid-rock-announces-tour-says-if-you-still-believe-in-woke-dei-bulls-sit-these-shows-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kid Rock Announces Tour, Says If You Still ‘Believe In Woke, DEI Bulls***,’ Sit These Shows Out</a>

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Kid Rock Has A Message For Michelle Obama After She Decides To Skip Trump’s Inauguration

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Former first lady Michelle Obama will reportedly skip President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration so she doesn&#8217;t have to fake a smile for the cameras.
Obama has confirmed that she will not attend on Monday but has not publicly given a reason. A source close to her told <a href="https://people.com/michelle-obama-not-one-to-pretend-skipping-trump-inauguration-exclusive-8774300">People</a> magazine that Obama will not &#8220;pretend for protocol&#8217;s sake.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no overstating her feelings about [Trump],&#8221; the source said. &#8220;She&#8217;s not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol&#8217;s sake. Michelle doesn&#8217;t do anything because it&#8217;s expected or it&#8217;s protocol or it&#8217;s tradition.&#8221;
Notably, Obama attended Trump&#8217;s first inauguration with her husband after Trump won the 2016 election.
&#8220;She served in the public eye and did all the public good that she could for eight years as first lady,&#8221; the source said of Obama. &#8220;You&#8217;ll see her when she has a project or cause to promote but she doesn&#8217;t feel the need to be a public figure anymore.&#8221;
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Last week, Obama was not in attendance at former President Jimmy Carter&#8217;s funeral. A New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/michelle-obama-jimmy-carter-funeral.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> placed Obama in Hawaii at the time of the ceremony. Her spokeswoman, Crystal Carson, said the former first lady had a conflict and thus could not attend. She sent “her thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from the remarkable former president,&#8221; Carson said.
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Former President Barack Obama attended the funeral by himself and sat next to Trump. The pair grabbed the internet&#8217;s attention for their seemingly friendly conversation.
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Trump makes Obama laugh. Wholesome.
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— Tiffany Fong (@TiffanyFong_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TiffanyFong_/status/1877381985993138620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Mrs. Obama has notably not stopped engaging in politics. Over the summer, she spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, praising Vice President Kamala Harris and swiping at Trump.
&#8220;It couldn&#8217;t be more obvious of the two major candidates in this race, only Kamala Harris truly understands the unseen labor and unwavering commitment that has always made America great,&#8221; Obama <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-obama-speech-dnc-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Now, unfortunately, we know what comes next.&#8221;
&#8220;For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;His limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard working and highly educated, successful people who happen to be black.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jill-biden-lashes-out-at-pelosi-after-2024-shiv-moment?electionhub=true">Related: Jill Biden Lashes Out At Pelosi After 2024 ‘Shiv’ Moment</a>

Here’s Why Michelle Obama Is Reportedly Skipping Trump’s Inauguration

Former first lady <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Obama</a> does not plan to attend President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inauguration</a> for his second term next week in Washington, D.C., her office said on Tuesday.
Her spouse, former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama</a>, is expected to be there.
&#8220;Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration,&#8221; the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama said in a statement given to news outlets.
Barack Obama will be joined by former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the ceremony, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-obama-bush-clinton-f7212766dc0f69444d8a4537a736c2d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>. Their wives, former first ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton, are slated to attend, too.
While no reason was given for why Michelle Obama will not attend Trump&#8217;s inauguration on January 20, there was a reported explanation for why she did not show up at former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-carter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Carter</a>&#8216;s funeral in D.C. last week.
&#8220;I&#8217;m told by her advisers that she had a scheduling conflict. She&#8217;s actually still in Hawaii from an extended holiday vacation. So she&#8217;s missing there,&#8221; CNN chief affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/se/date/2025-01-09/segment/02" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on <a href="https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1877399916449845733" target="_blank" rel="noopener">air</a>.
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Barack Obama, Trump and his wife Melania, the Clintons, and the Bushes were all in attendance at Carter&#8217;s funeral, as were President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and their spouses.
During the funeral, Trump and Barack Obama were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-and-obama-seen-chatting-at-jimmy-carter-funeral-earn-glare-from-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught on camera</a> having a chat, which appeared to elicit a glare from Harris, who lost to Trump in the 2024 election. Trump later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-didnt-realize-how-friendly-interaction-with-obama-looked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipped</a> that he &#8220;didn&#8217;t realize how friendly&#8221; his exchange with Obama looked, adding, &#8220;We just got along.&#8221;
On January 20, Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance are set to be sworn into office at noon.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-trumps-spending-inauguration-weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Trump is expected to attend a number of events before and after the inauguration, including a &#8220;Victory rally&#8221; at the Capitol One Arena in D.C. on Sunday and inaugural balls on Monday evening.
Trump is &#8220;dedicated to uniting the country through the strength, security, and opportunity of his America First agenda,&#8221; Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee co-chairs Steve Witkoff and Kelly Loeffler said in a statement. &#8220;The 2025 inaugural celebrations will reflect President-elect Trump’s historic return to the White House and the American people’s decisive vote to Make America Great Again.&#8221;

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On February 9, 2010, Michelle Obama unveiled her ambitious initiative to combat childhood obesity through her <a href="https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Let’s Move!”</a> campaign, aiming to empower children and reduce obesity rates. The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood-obesity-facts/childhood-obesity-facts.html#:~:text=This%20means%20that%20approximately%2014.7,percentile%20for%20age%20and%20sex." target="_blank" rel="noopener">CDC</a> reports that 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffer from obesity which prompted President Obama to pass the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010</a>. This law aimed to promote healthier diets with mandated minimum servings of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains while limiting sugar, fat, and sodium. However, the program fell short of its goals and inadvertently exacerbated the problems it sought to address.
The focus of her campaign was not only to ensure that our nation’s children are being fed but also fed healthy food through the aid of the government. This could have only been a good thing until reality proved otherwise.
Within the first few years of this initiative, participation in school lunch programs across the nation fell dramatically. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-15-656.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that nationwide participation in the National School Lunch Program declined by 1.4 million.
Children&#8217;s decrease in participation coincided with rising lunch prices aiming to comply with new “health” standards set by the First Lady, which mandated minimum fruit, vegetable, and whole grain servings, as well as set a maximum for sodium, sugar, and fat contents.
This centralization of our children’s diets drastically harmed low-income communities. Many low-income schools faced budget shortfalls, with some completely dropping out of the federal program. Ironically, this initiative reduced access to meals for the very same children the initiative sought to help.
Michelle Obama’s &#8220;one-size-fits-all&#8221; approach to children’s diets, also did not account for dietary preferences or individual school needs. Thus, children were actively choosing not to eat the meals provided for them, calling them “gross” and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/24/students-are-blaming-michelle-obama-for-their-gross-school-lunches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> pictures of their so-called nutritious and balanced meals with the hashtag #thanksmichelleobama.
However, Michelle Obama was right: the quality and nutritional value of lunches can change and affect the current rates of childhood obesity. Unfortunately, her approach completely failed to address the real problem at hand: public health giants and their monopoly on the United States agrifood system.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) recently conducted a <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/childhood-obesity-linked-limited-food-options" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> on the correlation between childhood obesity and low-income areas. Scientists found that adolescents residing in areas of low income had a greater than 50% higher risk of obesity. This statistic is the complete opposite when it comes to a majority of marginalized countries. So why does one of the wealthiest nations on the planet have the most significant rates of obesity?
Low-income communities in the United States are consuming more ultra-processed foods now than ever before. Why? Because processed foods are often cheaper than fresh produce and they are made and marketed for convenience. Mass consumption of ultra-processed foods leads to a higher risk of health dangers and diseases due to high calorific content and low nutritional value.
Students weren&#8217;t getting enough nutrition as it was and Michelle Obama’s school lunch program inadvertently replaced the traditional high-calorie, low-nutritional meals with a different form of processed foods. This change posed a significant issue for low-income students who depended on these meals, as the new options were often unappealing and failed to meet their dietary needs from the start.
This systemic problem is at the heart of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement. RFK’s bid is to fix the American agricultural system and that begins with cleaning up public health agencies like the FDA and USDA claiming, “[t]hose agencies have become sock puppets for the industries they’re supposed to regulate” in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSBS5v-aOc">recent video</a>. It has become abundantly clear that these agencies are solely operating for monetary gain, not for the people of America.
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In a <a href="https://www.mahanow.org/school-lunches-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox &amp; Friends interview</a>, RFK was asked what he would do to improve school lunches, and to that, he responded immediately: “I’ll get processed food out of lunches immediately. About half the school lunch program goes to processed food….We’re creating a diabetes problem in our kids, by giving them food that is poison and I’m going to stop that.”
The &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; pledge to get toxic chemicals out of the food supply addresses the real problem the way Michelle Obama never could. Rather than just treating symptoms of obesity, RFK’s plans to reform America’s agricultural policies, agencies, thereby addressing the systemic failures in our food system.
To truly combat obesity in America, we must prioritize the quality of our food. By addressing systemic failures and reforming the food supply chain, initiatives like RFK Jr.’s offer a more sustainable and realistic path to a healthier nation.
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Dr. Naydeen González-De Jesús is a former college president and former U.S. public diplomacy officer who has championed student success and international collaboration. Her initiatives and contributions to the U.S.-Argentina Education Memorandum during the 2018 G20 Summit, have driven economic mobility, educational advancement, and strengthened bilateral relations.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.

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Barack Obama is “nervous about his legacy” after President-elect Donald Trump’s historic victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, the former president&#8217;s biographer said.
“He has been and remains extremely concerned and nervous about his historical legacy,” said David Garrow, who wrote the 2017 biography, “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama.&#8221; “That has certainly taken a big hit with Trump once again triumphing.”
“The conclusion for Democrats is that they&#8217;ve got to dispense with these people from the past, including Hillary Clinton too, and move to a new generation of figures who are not in the AOC club at all,” Garrow added.
Garrow cited Obama and his wife, Michelle, lecturing voters as they campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris, telling <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14060451/obama-biographer-legacy-fear-tone-deaf-kamala-harris.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>, “People do not want to be talked down to, no matter who they are. &#8230; I thought it was tone-deaf and clueless for them to preach as they did. &#8230; I would expect that perception will be shared by lots of people. If so, I think it reduces their relevance to Bill Clinton territory.”
“Even before last night, I was of the quite strong belief that the tone and condescension with which both Barack and Michelle spoke, particularly towards black men, was self-defeating to the point of backfire,” Garrow posited.
On October 11, at a local Harris campaign office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Obama criticized black men for not displaying the same &#8220;energy and turnout&#8221; for Harris they showed when he ran.
&#8220;You&#8217;re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses,&#8221; Obama said. &#8220;I’ve got a problem with that, because part of it makes me think — I’m speaking to men directly — part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
Some black men took offense to Obama’s remarks.
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During an October rally in Kalamazoo, Michelle Obama made similar <a href="https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-michelle-obamas-speech-at-a-rally-in-michigan/?singlepage=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks about men</a> in general, saying she did not &#8220;expect any man to fully grasp how vulnerable&#8221; the election makes women feel.
&#8220;So fellas, before you cast your votes, ask yourself, what side of history do you want to be on? Now I recognize that there are a lot of angry disillusioned people out there upset with the slow pace of change,&#8221; Michelle Obama said. &#8220;So are you as men prepared to look into the eyes of the women and children you love and tell them that you supported this assault on our safety?”
“Certainly at the margins, I think they both harmed her,” Garrow said of the Obamas’ effect on Harris’s chances.
“He still has the celebrity factor of being an ex-president,” Garrow insisted, adding that he surmised the Obamas would &#8220;continue to hang out with celebrities and live on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.&#8221;
Still, Garrow predicts Trump&#8217;s victory will change some things for the Obamas.
&#8220;I certainly expect them to be spending less time in Washington after early January,&#8221; he said.

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