{"id":22685,"date":"2025-02-25T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22685"},"modified":"2025-02-25T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:59:00","slug":"donald-trump-made-comments-about-former-first-lady-michelle-obamas-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22685","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump &#8216;made comments about former First Lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s appearance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump allegedly made vile sexist comments about the former First Lady\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/michelle-obama\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\">Michelle Obama<\/a>, telling his close confidants she was called &#8216;Mike&#8217; due to her muscular build.<\/p>\n<p>According to a tell-all by author and journalist Michael Wolff,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/donald-trump\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\">Trump\u00a0<\/a>reportedly attacked Michelle Obama&#8217;s physical appearance, and said Democrats would replace\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/joe-biden\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0with &#8216;Mike&#8217; Obama. In his new book &#8216;All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/united-states\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\">America<\/a>&#8216;, Wolff claimed that the US President, while not directly naming Michelle, said that if Joe Biden were to bow out of the presidential race, he would be replaced by Michelle, who he referred to as &#8216;Mike&#8217; &#8211; which he alleged she was called due to her muscular build.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People call her &#8216;Mike&#8217;, you know. You know that, don&#8217;t you?&#8221; Trump allegedly told those close to him. &#8220;They think she looks pretty manly. Those very big shoulders. What&#8217;s that about? That&#8217;s what people will call her if she runs, &#8216;Mike.&#8217; That&#8217;s the name she&#8217;ll have: &#8216;Mike.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"read-more-links\" data-style=\"news\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-container\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"image--embedded\" data-orientation=\"landscape\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"34749062\">\n<div class=\"logo-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article34749062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS-OBAMA.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 660px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article34749062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS-OBAMA.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article34749062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS-OBAMA.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article34749062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS-OBAMA.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a rally with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 26, 2024\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"34749062\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"caption\">Trump allegedly told those close to him that some people call Michelle &#8216;Mike&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"camera\">Image:<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<p>It comes after Michelle pulled a no-show at Trump&#8217;s inauguration, which according to a source, was a &#8220;deliberate&#8221; move because she refused to be a &#8220;phony&#8221; and unify around the incoming president. And while her husband Barack was seen sharing jokes with Trump at former President Jimmy Carter&#8217;s funeral , Michelle was on an &#8220;extended holiday vacation&#8221; in Hawaii. Former Presidents Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton and their spouses attended \u2014 except for Michelle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"amp-readmore-target\">The 60-year-old has been an outspoken critic of Trump over the last eight years, having campaigned against him during his 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential runs. According to a source, Michelle&#8217;s decision not to attend was &#8220;deliberate&#8221; and she had no plans to cosy up to Trump, despite her husband trying to be a unifier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s never been fake and she&#8217;s never been phony,&#8221; they told Page Six. &#8220;She&#8217;s always been very deliberate about where and how she shows up,&#8221; the source said &#8220;She showed up reluctantly for the election. They were united, but she doesn&#8217;t have to unify around [Trump]. She doesn&#8217;t have to say anything. Her absence speaks volumes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"perform-placeholder\" class=\"placeholder\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #35334e; font-family: Apercu, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #f6f9f8; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-config=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;perform-placeholder&quot;,&quot;componentType&quot;:&quot;placeholder&quot;,&quot;referenceNode&quot;:&quot;.article-body &gt; p:nth-of-type(6)&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;performPlaceholder&quot;,&quot;relativePos&quot;:&quot;after&quot;}\" data-placeholder-placeholder=\"\" data-response-start=\"3773.100000023842\" data-type=\"placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>In her 2018 memoir, Michelle spoke of her shock after learning Trump would succeed her husband, and denounced the leader&#8217;s \u201cbirther\u201d campaign, which questioned Barack Obama\u2019s citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Donald Trump allegedly made vile sexist comments about the former First Lady\u00a0Michelle Obama, telling his close confidants she was called &#8216;Mike&#8217; due to her muscular build. 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