Bill and Hillary Clinton were the first to be announced, walking into the central office beside one another, followed closely by George W. and Laura Bush.<\/p>\n
Obama, however, walked in alone, with wife Michelle absent from the festivities, and viewers at home have been left saddened.<\/p>\n
“I feel bad for Barack Obama! Homeboy is alone,” one viewer wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Another penned: “Barack Obama came alone?”<\/p>\n
“Michelle Obama<\/a>\u00a0leaving Barack Obama kinda wrong isn\u2019t it? Feel likes it\u2019s just kinda embarrassing for him to be attending alone,” a third penned.<\/p>\n Another went on: “Unexpectedly felt a bit sad for Barack Obama watching him walk in alone today without Michelle. She should be there.”<\/p>\n So, where exactly is Michelle?<\/p>\n Obama walked into the Capitol Rotunda alone (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n Earlier this month,\u00a0Michelle<\/a>\u00a0didn’t attend former president Jimmy Carter’s state funeral due to a ‘scheduling conflict’. It was later reported she was on holiday in Hawaii.<\/p>\n As speculation about the reason\u00a0why the mother-of-two missed Trump’s ceremony<\/a>\u00a0continues, a source\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0People that the ex-first lady doesn’t intend to swallow her feelings about the Republican representative because of protocol.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no overstating her feelings about [Trump]. She\u2019s not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol\u2019s sake,\u201d the source told the outlet.<\/p>\n \u201cMichelle doesn\u2019t do anything because it\u2019s expected or it\u2019s protocol or it\u2019s tradition,” they continued.<\/p>\n \u201cShe would be expected to swallow her feelings in the spotlight if she attended his second inauguration.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, criticism of Michelle continues in conservative milieux, with Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary pointing out on Fox News that he thinks the former FLOTUS’s behaviour is ‘wrong’.<\/p>\n Much has been said about Michelle’s absence (Mark Wilson\/Staff)<\/cite><\/div>\n “This tradition has gone on for over 100 years… You have to respect it. I don’t like what she’s doing here. I’m against it. I think it’s wrong,” he\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0about Michelle missing today’s inauguration.<\/p>\n As some have reminded Trump supporters on\u00a0social media<\/a>, it was the president-elect who first made a joke of their beloved traditions four years ago.<\/p>\n In 2021, Trump did not attend Joe Biden’s inaugural ceremony, becoming the first outgoing president to not attend since Andrew Johnson in 1869. The then-outgoing first lady Melania Trump also skipped the ceremony.<\/p>\n In 2023, Michelle Obama weighed in on attending Trump’s 2017 inauguration with her husband.<\/p>\n “[T]here was no diversity, there was no color on that stage,” she said on her\u00a0The Light\u00a0<\/em>Podcast<\/em><\/a>. “There was no reflection of the broader sense of America. Many people took pictures of me, and they\u2019re like, you weren\u2019t in a good mood. No, I was not.”<\/p>\n Following her husband’s entrance, outgoing president Joe Biden and first lady\u00a0Jill Biden<\/a>\u00a0were welcomed into the festivities, as well as VP\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>, who ran against Trump during the latest presidential election.<\/p>\n Featured Image Credit: Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images\/Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Viewers of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in Washington D.C. today have all made the same point after spotting Barack Obama attending the festivities alone. 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