{"id":7398,"date":"2025-01-22T13:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=7398"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:50:05","slug":"will-she-be-at-the-inauguration-michelle-obama-makes-a-decision-after-skipping-jimmy-carters-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/7398","title":{"rendered":"Will she be at the inauguration? Michelle Obama makes a decision after skipping Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, following her absence from President Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral. The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama confirmed to the Associated Press that former President Barack Obama is scheduled to participate in the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies, while Michelle Obama will not be present.\n</p><div class='\"code-block' code-block-3>\n<p>Michelle Obama has extended her holiday vacation in Hawaii, the birthplace of her husband, President Barack Obama, which resulted in her missing the funeral of President Carter at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday due to a \u201cscheduling conflict.\u201d Since the passing of her mother, Marian Robinson, in May, the former First Lady has maintained a lower public profile. During the August Democratic National Convention, she expressed the deep impact of her grief, stating to a large audience at Chicago\u2019s United Center, \u201cI still feel her loss so profoundly\u2014I wasn\u2019t even sure I\u2019d be steady enough to stand before you tonight.\u201d\n</p><p>In the lead-up to Election Day, Michelle Obama participated in several campaign events for Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, showcasing her political engagement despite her personal challenges.\n</p><p>Barack Obama is expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony on Monday, despite his wife\u2019s absence, which is notable given their usual joint attendance at such events. Their interaction during President Carter\u2019s memorial service had already generated considerable online discussion, particularly due to their historically tense relationship. Observers noted that Barack Obama was seen laughing at a comment made by Trump before the ceremony commenced, prompting speculation about their exchange.\n</p><div class='\"code-block' code-block-4>\n<p>According to a source familiar with the Obamas\u2019 inner circle, Michelle Obama\u2019s absence is intentional.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, following her absence from President Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral. The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama confirmed to the Associated Press that former President Barack Obama is scheduled to participate in the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies, while Michelle Obama will not [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7400,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7398\/revisions\/7400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></div></div></div></header>