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Michelle Obama reveals ‘traumatizing’ moment when she was in the White House
Yahoo! Entertainment ^ | 5/20/2026 | Isabella Torregiani

Posted on 05/20/2026 4:08:54 PM PDT by simpson96

Former first lady Michelle Obama was raising two young girls while living in the White House. And while she had her fair share of “traumatizing” moments during her husband’s presidency, one overseas trip really pushed her to her limit.(snip)

Michelle recalled the “messy conversations” she had with White House staffers after the “impossible” travel schedules became too much for her young daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama — now 27 and 24, respectively — to handle.

The Obamas moved into the White House in 2009 with two young daughters — Malia, then 10, and Sasha, then 7. Michelle quickly realized that staffers were more focused on diplomatic schedules than on what worked for her kids.

During one overseas trip, the family was rushed through several countries in just a few days, with public appearances starting the moment they landed. After barely sleeping on a flight to Russia, her daughters were thrown in front of cameras at ceremonies and official events.

“They maybe slept for three hours on the plane with jet lag. And I had to go in and wake them up knowing that they hadn’t had sleep,” she recalled, adding that she asked herself, “Why are you here?”

The exhaustion eventually caught up to Malia, who turned to her mother and said, “I’ve never felt this bad in my whole life.”

“Honey, that’s jet lag,” Michelle told her.

Looking back, Michelle said the experience horrified her. Once they returned home, she confronted her husband, Barack Obama, and their team. “I was like, ‘This is crazy. This is ridiculous,'” she recalled.

From that point on, the rules changed. “After that trip, we told our team, ‘Don’t ever do that. Don’t plan a trip that if we land, the kids have to work right away,’” she said.

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To: simpson96
Also, as El Rushbo pointed out several times, these were (apparently) vacations more than they were diplomatic missions, and at the taxpayers' expense.

Hence the nickname...

Moochelle.

21 posted on 05/20/2026 4:29:16 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: dfwgator

Good for them. Unlike many Dems, most MAGA or conservatives do not automatically wish failure or tragedy upon the children of Liberals, so long as those adult kids stay out of politics, all they are is another American citizen.
That leaves Chelsea C. out.


22 posted on 05/20/2026 4:32:53 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: simpson96

What an ungrateful wretch. Bet she’s a riot at parties.


23 posted on 05/20/2026 4:35:40 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: simpson96

One of the most horrifying for Big Mike was when she went on southern white woman Paula Deen’s show.

After the show aired, Paula was just jawjacking when asked about Big Mike being on her show and Paula said that Big Mike devoured large quantities of the food because it was so good.

Short time went by before the hounds of hell went after Paula and declared her a racist of the worst sort. Pretty much destroyed Paula’s reputation and she lost her show.

Now we all know Big Mike most certainly ate everything in sight and Paula wasn’t being mean, she just was bragging how Big Mike liked her cookin’.

Remember how lobsters crawled away in fear when they saw the Mooch and a cup of butter coming their way.

This was a short Obama story. Enough said.


24 posted on 05/20/2026 4:40:15 PM PDT by dforest
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To: simpson96
You didn't have to drag yourself and your kids on trips with your beard. You could have stayed home, or left them with your built-in babysitter, your mother. You lived off American taxpayers for 8 years and never said "thank you" once. Typical racist ingrate.

Let's see, what other traumatizing moment was there from your White Hut days? Oh yeah...the time you took off, claiming you disguised yourself so nobody would recognize you, and headed to a local Target. When some old racist white woman asked you to get her a container of laundry detergent off the top shelf, you proclaimed you were disappointed that nobody recognized you.

And then there's the traumatic experience you underwent, when Melania Trump handed you a gift on January 20, 2017, and you got in a tizzy, claiming it wasn't tradition for First Ladies to exchange gifts, despite the fact that you brought a gift box to Laura Bush the day you and your beard moved into the White Hut on January 20, 2009.

25 posted on 05/20/2026 4:45:15 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: simpson96

Man, she whines about everything


26 posted on 05/20/2026 4:51:37 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Burma Shave)
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To: stanne
"She did not have to include her kids in any of it. Period"

Did you ever see the battalion of family and friends the Obamas took with them on all their trips? Most times her mother, her brother and Obama's half-sister went with them on overseas trips...and members of those families went along as well.

27 posted on 05/20/2026 4:53:52 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: griswold3

The kids and gramma should have stayed home.


28 posted on 05/20/2026 4:58:12 PM PDT by yldstrk
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To: simpson96

“What kid would NOT be excited about traveling to Russia, or any faraway place, on Air Force One, with their Dad being President of the United States?”

They probably did not want to be that far away from their real parents.


29 posted on 05/20/2026 5:00:05 PM PDT by Racketeer
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To: simpson96

Her whole life this grifter has had the skids greased for her, and yet still she complains.
I guess when you don’t work for something and it is just handed to you, it is not appreciated. She lives in a fantasy world.


30 posted on 05/20/2026 5:10:25 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: simpson96

I was traumatized when Dorkbama and whatever entered the White House. So we’re even.


31 posted on 05/20/2026 5:10:29 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: simpson96

Bitch bitch bitch


32 posted on 05/20/2026 5:11:57 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: simpson96

I thought it was when the Obamas had to give a housekeeper hush money for seeing Michelles ballsack


33 posted on 05/20/2026 5:23:59 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: dznutz

The MSM pitched and promoted her to the hilt - they directly helped to make her millions by essentially hawking her books.

But if there’s an “R” after your husband’s name... Nothing but hate for your endeavors.


34 posted on 05/20/2026 5:27:56 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: stanne

Poor lamb. She could have left them in Washington with her mom. I’m sure the Secret Service would have assisted in getting the girls to and from school. But, hey,10-18 years later, she’s running out of things to complain about, so you can’t blame her for scraping the barrel for fresh grievances


35 posted on 05/20/2026 5:28:29 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: j.havenfarm

Big Mike is the most pathetic “mother” I have ever witnessed. Shut up, you privileged loser.


36 posted on 05/20/2026 5:34:41 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: simpson96

Poor baby.


37 posted on 05/20/2026 5:56:42 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: God luvs America

PTSD candidates for sure.


38 posted on 05/20/2026 5:59:02 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: simpson96

“..they directly helped to make her millions by essentially hawking her books..!”

She’s illiterate...someone else wrote the books.


39 posted on 05/20/2026 6:08:24 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: mass55th

Yes. It was disgusting. Now she’s complaining


40 posted on 05/20/2026 6:32:25 PM PDT by stanne
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