In an interview with BBC Breakfast last week, Michelle Obama said she struggles with negative thoughts about her appearance and admitted Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory “still hurts.”
The former First Lady opened up in a discussion about her new memoir, The Light We Carry.
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Mrs. Obama said she was terrified when her husband Barack said he wanted to run for president and “could have altered the course of history” if she didn’t overcome those fears.
When analyzing whether it was worth it in the end, she noted that more and more people “feel like they don’t matter on this planet”, and that it “still hurts” that Trump took over after Obama’s last term.
“Did we make a dent? Did it matter? And when I’m in my darkest moment, my most irrational place, I could say, well, maybe not,” Obama said. “Maybe we weren’t good enough.”
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In the end, however, Michelle believes the Obamas’ legacy is that “a whole world of young people” are “thinking differently about themselves because of the work that we’ve done.”
Michelle Obama: Trump victory “still hurts” after six years https://t.co/Z9BUFnr8Xe pic.twitter.com/gZit3dKIje
— The Hill (@thehill) November 15, 2022
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Michelle Obama Hurt by Trump’s Victory
In an audio clip of her reading from her memoir, Michelle Obama expands on the hurt she felt when Donald Trump won in 2016.
“It felt like something more, something much uglier than a simple political defeat,” she claimed, seemingly hinting that Trump’s support came from a racial aspect.
“It shook me profoundly to hear the man who’d replace my husband as president openly and unapologetically using ethnic slurs, making selfishness and hate somehow acceptable,” Mrs. Obama said.
Michelle Obama: Trump winning in ’16 “felt like something much uglier than a simple political defeat.” https://t.co/N6zxKAZ9xM
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) November 15, 2022
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The perpetually bitter former First Lady also claimed she and her husband made it as far as they had “despite, and maybe even in defiance of, the bigotry and bias so deeply embedded in American life.”
Michelle and Barack Obama overcame all those racist people in 2008 and 2012, you see, but the country became racist again in 2016 when Trump came along.
The ‘bigotry and bias’ are more embedded in the residents of the Obama household than it is in the lives of most Americans.
“The nature of change is a slog, it is a marathon and it will never feel enough, but in the meantime. I urge young people to do is be rageful, and own it, but have a plan.”
Michelle Obama discusses her new book and generational shifts with @jmsummers. https://t.co/v9uStchveg pic.twitter.com/8I5nieZ3al
— NPR (@NPR) November 15, 2022
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Struggles With Her Appearance
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A good portion of her memoir and a focus of the BBC interview is regarding Michelle Obama’s struggle with confidence when it comes to her personal appearance.
In the book, Mrs. Obama writes that she “hates how I look all the time and no matter what.”
BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty was stunned at such a notion coming from a “powerhouse” of a woman.
“You are seen as this confident woman, this established woman, this smart woman … If you’re feeling like this, what hope do the rest of us have?” Munchetty asked.
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Yes, what hope do the peasants have when the confidence is drained from the radiant and beautiful Michelle Obama?
“I’m still a work in progress and facing myself each morning with something kind is still a challenge,” Obama says, noting that “We all have those thoughts, those negative thoughts that we’ve lived with for years, especially as women and as women of color.”
Everything is about race.
In Michelle Obama’s new book, “The Light We Carry,” the former first lady shares coping strategies for surviving stress and uncertainty.
“Through her stories, experiences and thoughts, we’re finding the light with her,” our critic writes. “Lucky us.”https://t.co/PBi7lh2EiO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 15, 2022
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Michelle and Barack Obama had their official portraits revealed at the White House in September, prompting the former President to make what Mrs. Obama would call “spicy” comments.
Former Pres. Barack Obama shares his love for Michelle: ‘I want to thank [the artist] for capturing everything I love about Michelle. Her grace, her intelligence — and the fact that she is fine’ pic.twitter.com/rgHXVfGHKw
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 7, 2022
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“I want to thank Sharon Sprung (the artist) for capturing everything I love about Michelle — her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she is fine,” Mr. Obama said.
After being interrupted by laughter and applause the former President added, “I’m just saying. She is. Her portrait is stunning.”
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So, have you forgotten how all of the racism came out from under rocks and hidden corners when Barack Obama became president? White people got “permission” from Republican Congressional leaders to show open disrespect, and they were so eager to thwart ANYTHING that Democrats proposed, that they even failed to support funding to repair the Capitol, when pieces of it were falling to the street below. Too mIany members of Congress bit off America’s nose in order to spite Barack Obama’s face.
And, what do Michelle Obama’s looks have to do with anything? Racist news organs made fun of her looks all the time, and frequently referred to her as “him” and as an ape. In fact, the only other commenter on this post so far has referred to Mrs. Obama as “it.” Is that what constitutes “respectful and useful online dialogue?” I beg to differ.
White folks had an existential crisis when Barack Obama became president. They’re still acting it out, to the detriment of the nation.
Okay closet racist, get help with your issue.
Can’t you come up with anything besides ‘racist white people’ ever in you miserable lives as the reason for every thing in your life? I live my life why don’t you live yours and stop worrying whether or not someone’s skin is a different color?
Just another crying snowflake. She reminds me of Hillary Clinton. She should just write a boring book about it and call it White Happen.
This snowflake must be brown.
Self absorbed
She spoke of Trump’s racial slurs. I googled that and came up with nothing. Yes, Trump has made comments about specific people in specific incidents, but racial slurs? Didn’t happen. Yet how else can Michelle prove her lifelong oppression? When the author called her the “perpetually bitter former first lady”, he hit the nail on the head,
And it isn’t a ‘he’ at all.
So buy at least 5 of my books for gifts! Muchelle seems like she is spirilling downward, but most of us don’t like your looks either. Still there are some who want her to run for the Presidency in 2024 – – that would be a big problem; eight years of Barry, four years of Barry Biden, and then another 8 years of Barry Muchelle. God help the USA, race relations, and welcome to global goverment.
the 2 terms 8 years barrack was in office he did shit for anyone
but lined his and your pockets-ukraine-clinton-soros 5 houses
you where average for a politician no one knew you existed when he ran for senator
and now look at the millions you have so stop your pity party
Hey Michael the bigotry and hatred can be traced right back to your front door, even now, while the DNC is trying to hide the fact that Barrack is the one guiding Biden ( basically running the country as the puppet master ) as to try to complete the destruction started in his first two terms! The hatred for America was evident from Barracks first day in office, by controlling Biden he has turned back the clock, we are now back into the recession, we were in at the End of Barracks first two terms. With the out of control spending, reinstating every Policy that hurt everyday citizens, and removing any that helped them, we are now in the worst state we’ve seen in over 50 years. ( BTW Micheal we are ashamed of how you look also, from your Adams apple, to your being built more like a linebacker, while masquerading as a woman ! )
Well Michelle, or rather Michael, return to the man you really are and you shall feel much better and love yourself, instead of hanging onto that sexual Deviant, Barry Soetoro.!
What is a woman, Michelle?
Obama doesn’t accept “herself” as a “beautiful” woman because she was born a man (Michael Levon Robinson). Her/His body, features & hands are manly & not feminine at all & it’s right in our faces!
Poor Michelle. She spent taxpayer money to make herself look like a woman and now regrets it. Sounds like the transgenders who have regretted making the gender change.
Back to the m****y look for Michael since the taxpayers no longer pay for HIS makeup?
She and Liary. If they weren’t ‘who they are’, we’d never from them again. That would be a good thing, actually.
Hate to tell here we hate the way she looks also. Especially when she
she opens her mouth and begans to bray
Still hurts? Good. Hope you take your bitterness to the grave.
Finally, something I can agree with Moose-shell about.
Who cares what she thinks or feels? I am 60 yrs old and never once have I gave a damn what an ex president or his wife thought. They are ex…so what they think , feel or want does not matter
Michelle Obama “was born Michael LaVaughn Robinson
The only thing the Obumas did was set racism back 50 years. We didn’t have all the riots and burning until they got into the White House and started their racist comments all the time. He wasn’t any good as a president. And as far as her looks, my opinion is she is still as ugly as sin.
enjoy preparation h at times like this
TS! Get over it.
I am a full-on Trumper, but I think you are beautiful, except your heart, which matters the most, don’t ya think? Have you discussed this with your girls, hmmm let me see now!
What ethnic slurs did Trump ever make?
We all hate the way you look…nothing but a Chicago racist, like the church they use to attend there
Blah blah blah….whatever already. Why does any credible journal put IT on their websites? Nothing but poison from this ONE.