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Topics: Michelle Obama, Politics
Jess Hardiman
It wasn’t long before attention turned to Michelle Obama as US President Donald Trump took office again earlier this year, with many who feel, ahem, less than enthused about their current situation looking to her to get Democrats back on White House turf come 2028.
But there’s a key reason why that won’t be happening, and, sadly for her fans, it sounds like her decision is final.
The former First Lady skipped Trump’s January inauguration, citing ‘scheduling conflicts’ as the reason why she couldn’t make it – although it was later reported that she was on holiday in Hawaii, amid claims she didn’t go because she simply didn’t intend to ‘swallow’ her feelings about Trump.
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It sounds like Obama is relieved to be able to turn her back on such political duties, having opened up in a new episode of Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast.
“I was so glad when we got out of the White House,” she admitted.
Obama said she grew worried about the idea of raising her daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, in such a high profile environment – her daughters being just nine and seven respectively when dad Barack became president.
“I wanted them to have the freedom of not having the eyes of the world on them,” Obama said.
“They still are dealing with paparazzi and being who they are and trying to carve out their own identity.”
It’s because of this exact reason that she is not tempted to run for president herself.
“So when people ask me would I ever run, the answer is no,” Obama explained.
“If you ask me that, then you have absolutely no idea the sacrifice that your kids make when your parents are in that role.”
Despite the fact she is a clear favourite among Democrats for the top spot, it’s already been ruled out by the mum-of-two.
“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 - we've done enough,” she stressed.
Obama said the ‘question [has been] asked and answered’ and is ‘never gonna happen’, adding: “They've already served their time. … It would be unthinkable. Nope.”