The real reason Michelle Obama is skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration and not even giving any explanation is because she is not phoney, a PageSix report citing sources said. This triggered speculation whether Michelle’s dig is at her husband Barack Obama who was seen having a conversation with Donald Trump at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Michelle Obama skipped that event too and she was the only former first lady absent. It was said that she was on an extended vacation in Hawaii.
But her absence from two events back to back — both the events would have brought her face to face with Donald Trump now — establishes that it is an intentional snub from the former first lady to Donald Trump.
“While her husband appears to be playing nice with the president-elect, Michelle won’t do the same,” Page Six reported.
Without giving any excuse, the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama simply announced that Michelle “will not attend the upcoming inauguration,” in a statement to the Associated Press on Tuesday.
“She’s never been fake and she’s never been phony. She’s always been very deliberate about where and how she shows up,” the source said.
“She showed up reluctantly for the election. They were united, but she doesn’t have to unify around [Trump]. She doesn’t have to say anything. Her absence speaks volumes,” they added.
“For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. See, his limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hardworking, highly successful people who happen to be black,” Michelle Obama said at the Democratic National Convention. Trump boosted the “birther movement,” the conspiracy theory that the former president wasn’t born in America, for several years leading up to his 2016 presidential run. He eventually admitted he was wrong, but did not apologize.
“Why would we normalize that type of backwards leadership? Doing so only demeans and cheapens our politics,” Michelle said at the DNC. “Most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth. If we bankrupt a business or choke in a crisis, we don’t get a second, third or fourth chance,” she added.