A natural advocate, becoming first lady suited her down to the ground.

He will go down as one of the worst presidents in the history of our country."

All of this rhetoric wouldn’t have gone unnoticed by Michelle.

The Obamas and the Trumps at the 2017 Inauguration on Capitol Hill.

‘you’re free to’t take care of the White House or the country?’

I don’t hear that.

I don’t hear that."

Michelle Obama at the International Women of Courage Awards in Washington, D.C., 2011.

“Now, we’re feeling what not having hope feels like,” she stated.

“Hope is necessary.

It’s a necessary concept.

Donald Trump and Barack Obama at the state funeral of former president Jimmy Carter in 2025.

Barack didn’t just talk about hope because it was a nice slogan to get votes.

What else do you have if you don’t have hope?”

The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was famously close in 2016.

Donald Trump giving a speech in Pennsylvania during his 2016 campaign.

While Clinton won the popular vote, she lost the electoral college and therefore the presidency.

What struck Michelle the most was the fact that 52% of white women voted for Trump.

You like the thing you’re told to like."

Michelle Obama at her “Becoming” book tour with Oprah Winfrey in 2018.

Her speech continued, “It’s his same old con … At a subsequent rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, Trump chastised the Obamas for their DNC remarks.

“Did you see Barack Hussein Obama last night taking little shots?

He was taking shots at your president and so was Michelle,” he said, as reported byPolitico.

Michelle Obama at The Streiker Center in New York City, 2017.

Did the Trump administration cut Michelle Obama’s education initiative?

We never sawthe transformation of Donald Trumpfrom billionaire businessman to president of the United States coming.

By May 2017, it looked like the Trump administration decided it wasn’t for them.

Michelle Obama speaking at the DNC in Chicago, 2024.

Interestingly, it wasn’t the only one of Michelle’s initiatives to take a hit during this time.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.”

“There’s no overstating her feelings about [Trump].

Donald Trump in the Oval Office in January, 2025.

“Michelle doesn’t do anything because it’s expected or it’s protocol or it’s tradition.”

Considering just how much bad blood there is, Michelle’s presence seems understandable.

A source toldPage Six, “They are having a good laugh.

Donald Trump speaking at the inauguration in 2025

They didn’t expect her to come anyway.”

She hates him.”

As the source noted, this arguably received far less fanfare than Michelle’s absence.

Michelle Obama at an event for Kamala Harris in October 2024.

Donald Trump talking to his vice president, J.D. Vance at his inauguration in 2025.