During his tenure as the 44th President of the United States, a lot of things kept Barack Obama up at night. If it wasn't Afghanistan or the economic crisis on his mind, it was his strained marriage to First Lady Michelle Obama.
In a new sit-down interview with People, Obama detailed how much his political aspirations put a damper on his marriage. "Michelle very much believed in the work I did but was less optimistic about what I could get done...
She's more skeptical about politics and more mindful of the sacrifices to the family," he told the outlet. Obama's presidency came with thrills and obstacles, but for Michelle, "the pressure, stress, of needing to get everything right, to be 'on' at every moment" became a heavy burden for her to.
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