By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former first girl Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she just isn’t attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, however former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Invoice Clinton will likely be there.
Laura Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be part of their husbands for the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony on the Capitol, representatives mentioned.
“Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration,” mentioned a press release from the Workplace of Barack and Michelle Obama that was shared with The Related Press.
No clarification was given for why Michelle Obama was skipping Trump’s inauguration. She additionally didn’t attend former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington final week. Former Presidents Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton and their spouses attended — apart from her.
Invoice Clinton will attend Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, an individual acquainted with the previous president’s schedule confirmed for the AP. Hillary Clinton will even attend, a spokesperson mentioned.
The Workplace of George W. Bush mentioned he and former first girl Laura Bush are additionally attending.
Michelle Obama was the one partner absent ultimately week’s funeral service at Washington Nationwide Cathedral, the place her husband and Trump have been seated subsequent to one another and chatted and laughed like previous mates regardless of the historical past of political animosity between the Democratic former president and the returning Republican.
The previous first girl campaigned towards Trump throughout his 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns. In her 2018 memoir, she described her shock upon studying that Trump would succeed her husband, and she or he denounced Trump’s “birther” marketing campaign, which questioned Barack Obama’s citizenship.
Michelle Obama campaigned final fall for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, delivering an emotional speech in Michigan during which she challenged males to vote for the vp and argued that ladies’s lives could be in danger if Trump returned to the White Home.
All three former presidents and their wives attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, together with Hillary Clinton, after she misplaced the 2016 presidential election to Trump. Carter additionally attended.
Initially Revealed: January 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM EST
