How Team Trump feels about Michelle Obama avoiding Trump’s inauguration
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‘They didn’t expect her to come anyway,’ one source said. The Obamas’ office gave no explanation for her absence, but MAGA world doesn’t seem bothered by the snub. One Republican source believed her decision to miss Trump’s second inauguration was a snub: “It’s obvious that this was her way of protesting Trump. She hates him.”.
![[The former first lady hasn’t given a reason for skipping, but Trump’s team said they feel it was her way of protesting his win]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2020/11/23/10/GettyImages-632207672.jpg)
A Democratic source told the outlet there’s no reason to read into her absence: “Donald Trump and Melania didn’t go to Joe Biden’s inauguration and nobody cared. No one said anything.”. “She’s never been fake and she’s never been phony. She’s always been very deliberate about where and how she shows up,” the source said. “She showed up reluctantly for the election. They were united, but she doesn’t have to unify around [Trump]. She doesn’t have to say anything. Her absence speaks volumes.”.
The source added: “She would be expected to swallow her feelings in the spotlight if she attended his second inauguration.”. “There was no reflection of the broader sense of America. Many people took pictures of me and they’re like, ‘You weren’t in a good mood.’ No, I was not,” she said.
This is the second major event that the former first lady plans to skip this month. She didn’t attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral with Barack Obama, with the Obamas’ office saying that she had “scheduling conflicts” and was still in Hawaii.
