Michelle Obama and Her Personal Boundaries Win This Week

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We’ve reached the end of another long week. But before we clock out for the weekend, we’re giving props where they’re due. Here’s to our .Michelle Obama built the wall.

Between herself and President-elect Donald Trump, that is. She hasn’t confirmed (or denied) that she is avoiding events where a potential run-in with Trump is possible, but after missing former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral and announcing through her and former President Barack Obama’s joint office that she would Trump’s second inauguration, it certainly seems like the former first lady is simply unwilling to be in the same space as the If that’s the case, good for her.First lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama, and former first lady Michelle Obama at Trump’s 2017 inauguration.When Trump first took office in 2017, Michelle attended his inauguration alongside her husband as the outgoing first lady and president.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had just lost the election to Trump, attended as well.

Both women fulfilled their expected roles with quiet stoicism. Clinton has since gone on to work in academia, drawing on her decades of experience as a public servant.But Michelle never ran for office, and she was never appointed to a position.