US Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend Trump’s Inauguration
Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, her office said on Tuesday, 14th January 2025, without explaining her decision.
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A statement from the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama said “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration,”.
This decision not to attend Trump’s formal swearing-in is a break of the tradition for the ceremony, in which former presidents and their wives typically participate.
Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush will attend the inauguration, his office said, and CNN confirms that former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton also will be there.
Michelle Obama also was not in attendance at a memorial service last week for former President Jimmy Carter.
Former President Barack Obama attended the service at the National Cathedral in Washington, sitting next to Trump and engaging in conversation with him as the program was getting underway. Other former first ladies, including Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, both attended the Carter event.
Recall that Michelle Obama has spoken openly about her animosity toward Trump, whom she has accused of putting her family’s safety in d@nger through his rhetoric.
But in 2017, she put those personal feelings aside after Trump won his first presidential election, welcoming the incoming President and Melania Trump to the White House for tea ahead of that year’s swearing-in.
In a podcast in 2023 she spoke of her disappointment in the state of America ”there is no reflection of the broader sense of America,”.
Also, recall that the Trumps did not attend President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021 amid the president-elect’s false claims that he won the 2020 election.
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