Well, she did go to the water park once to try to have fun, but she took out a bunch of kids instead...
Posted on 11/13/2025 7:59:51 PM PST by simpson96
Michelle Obama is seemingly sounding off on President Trump without naming him, saying that commanders in chief have to set “a standard” in the White House around accepting gifts.
“When you are the commander in chief, there’s a standard at which you have to set for the American people. And some of these things aren’t even laws — they’re just norms,” Obama said while speaking Wednesday at Sixth and I synagogue and arts center in Washington (snip)
“They’re just things that you do because you don’t want the people to feel like wealthy people have a different level of access and access to power,” Obama said.
“So that means you got to say ‘no’ a lot,” she said, before adding, “Our motto was: If it looks like fun, we can’t do it.”
The former first lady recounted that early in former President Obama’s political career, Oprah Winfrey mailed her a massive package as a thank-you gift following an interview.
“[Winfrey] sends a box of then-Ralph Lauren’s first-edition clothing line. It was like three suits, seven sweaters. I mean, it was an Oprah-sized gift,” Obama said of the former talk show host’s present.
But Obama said her husband quickly told her, “You can’t keep that.”
“He’s like, ‘I’m in office. We don’t accept gifts.'” Obama recalled, before quipping to the audience with a grin, “Imagine that?” (snip)
Obama highlighted her and former President Obama’s approach to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., saying, “That was one of the things we wanted to do in the White House, was open it up.”
“Our view was this is not our house. We are here to do a job. We’re here for a turn. We’re here for a moment. We are caretakers of this history, and it’s about bringing more people in,” Obama, 61, said.
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Ok...someone sut the monkey up.
Yes, their actual motto seemed to be, “gimme, gimme, gimme”.
Lavish vacations on which moochelle sometimes took many family members, constant parties with the rich and famous, paid for by the taxpayer, gifts of mansions in Hawaii, Marthas Vineyard and DC, etc.
Says the wookie who had a staff of dozens and spent millions of tax dollars to appear human.
I was informed, after the ransacking of the White House by the Clintons on their exit, that whatever gifts are given to the President, become the property of the People, and shall not be removed from the People’s House.
There is a reason why this racist lout guy is called “the mooch”.
Shut up Moochelle.
They basically had residence at Marthas Vineyard...
Just like his worthless mudslime hubby.
Why are people giving publicity to Michelle? And James Carville? And Rosie O’Donnell?
Well, she did go to the water park once to try to have fun, but she took out a bunch of kids instead...
What a goody two-shoes.
How many Mansions were the 0bamas given by the rich and powerful?
How many hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes were the 0bamas given by the rich and powerful.
(And for what favors granted by pResident 0bama and his ‘beard’?
My thoughts exactly.
STFU, Mike.
Good question.
You’re 5 minutes is over. Now just go away.
We don’t accept gifts, only book deals for books we never write.
Like Hillary’s reset button....lol...and her magic coat???
Hey big Mike,
STFU you unappreciative pos.
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