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Obama confesses Trump has caused 'tension' in his marriage after Michelle issues dramatic plea
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Posted on 05/04/2026 2:34:06 PM PDT by algore

Former President Barack Obama has offered a rare and candid glimpse into his marriage - and it turns out Donald Trump is causing trouble at home.

In a new interview with The New Yorker, Obama, 64, admitted that Michelle wants him to step back from public life so the couple can enjoy their later years together.

The problem? He keeps getting pulled back into the politics of the day.

The former commander-in-chief said Trump's return to the White House is the reason he cannot simply walk away, and that his inability to do so has become a source of friction at home.

'It does create genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her,' Obama said. 'I'm more forgiving of it, I understand why people feel that way.'

He also pushed back against critics who say he isn't doing enough, arguing his continued involvement is without precedent. 'No other ex-president was the main surrogate for the Party for four election cycles after they left office,'

As for the public clamor for him to do still more, Obama was philosophical: 'The fact that people want me to be doing more is a good sign.'

Obama was just 47 when he entered the White House and 55 when he left - younger than most of his predecessors - and has remained one of the most active ex-presidents in modern memory.

Just last month, Obama was the top national figure supporting the Virginia amendment to gerrymander the state's congressional maps and give a number of currently GOP-controlled seats to Democrats.

He also recently appeared alongside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a visit to a childcare center.

But many were quick to realize that the Democrats seemingly forgot to praise for their most recent leader in the Oval Office - Joe Biden.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.com ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: bigmike; kathyhochul; newyork; newyorkcity; obama; obungles; ohnoanyway; thenewyorker; zohranmamdani

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1 posted on 05/04/2026 2:34:06 PM PDT by algore
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2 posted on 05/04/2026 2:37:12 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Geologists have just discovered a new, actively slipping crack in the Earth's crust.

They're calling it "Trumps Fault" ...

3 posted on 05/04/2026 2:39:06 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Man up, Barry!


4 posted on 05/04/2026 2:39:07 PM PDT by caver ( )
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Heh, heh ... even Big Mike knows that she compares poorly next to Melania ...

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5 posted on 05/04/2026 2:39:41 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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Yep, it’s all Trump’s fault on everything.


6 posted on 05/04/2026 2:41:19 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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Life is full of choices, he can choose Big Mike or not Big Mike..................which will he choose.


7 posted on 05/04/2026 2:44:16 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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Perhaps the Bamster fears accountability for his attempted coup.


8 posted on 05/04/2026 2:45:15 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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They can’t just shut up and enjoy all the money they’ve earned from their years of public service, public speaking fees, book deals, and Pelosi stock tips.


9 posted on 05/04/2026 2:45:27 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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As for the public clamor for him to do still more, Obama was philosophical: ‘The fact that people want me to be doing more is a good sign.’


might depend on how much the paid public clamor costs.


10 posted on 05/04/2026 2:45:32 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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11 posted on 05/04/2026 2:46:08 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Yeah, whatever happened to the Biden Crime Family. I just don’t hear much about them anymore. Probably for the better.


12 posted on 05/04/2026 2:47:00 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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Mrs. Obama is still probably angry that, as a graduate of Princeton and the Harvard Law School, she flunked the Illinois bar exam which ordinarily has a pass rate of about 90 percent. She probably thinks it is her husband’s fault, whose political ambitions made her live in that awful White House, having to divide her time now between three multimillion dollar mansions, and having the burden of being worth over 100 million dollars.


13 posted on 05/04/2026 2:47:38 PM PDT by laconic
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He’s getting the vapors.


14 posted on 05/04/2026 2:48:15 PM PDT by mykroar ("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
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So it’s Obama and his loyalists in the government sending all the assassins.


15 posted on 05/04/2026 2:50:57 PM PDT by fruser1
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A lying leftist communist pos.


16 posted on 05/04/2026 2:51:54 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Going to cause a lot more tension as we charge your treasonous accomplices you demon possessed husk of a human being.


17 posted on 05/04/2026 2:51:57 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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Cuckold much Barry? How insulting....


18 posted on 05/04/2026 2:52:06 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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She’s still angry that an old white lady dared ask her to reach an item on the supermarket shelf.

She considered that racist.


19 posted on 05/04/2026 2:53:28 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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“In a new interview with The New Yorker, Obama, 64, admitted that Michelle wants him to step back from public life so the couple can enjoy their later years together.” yeah i know what you mean magic one I should have said ‘might see you later sweetheart’.


20 posted on 05/04/2026 2:54:26 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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