MAGA sources could not care less that Michelle Obama is snubbing Donald Trump’s inauguration, a source tells Page Six.
“They are having a good laugh,” a source says of those involved in planning the inaugural festivities.
“They didn’t expect her to come anyway.”
A Democratic source tried to play down the diss, noting, “Donald Trump and Melania didn’t go to Joe Biden’s inauguration and nobody cared. No one said anything.”
Barack and Michelle Obama’s office announced this week that Michelle will skip the 60th inaugural ceremonies on Jan. 20, but that the former president will attend.
Michelle also skipped former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Jan. 9 because she was on an “extended vacation” in Hawaii.
She apparently would have been seated next to Trump.
One Republican source speculated, “It’s obvious that this was her way of protesting Trump. She hates him.”
Michelle attended Trump’s inaugural in 2017, and said of the experience on “The Light Podcast,” “To sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display — there was no diversity, there was no color on that stage. There was no reflection of the broader sense of America.”
She also took jabs at Trump during the Democratic National Convention, saying, “For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. See, his limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard-working, highly educated, successful people who happen to be black.”
A source told Page Six previously that Michelle’s choice to not attend the inauguration is “deliberate.”
“She’s never been fake and she’s never been phony. She’s always been very deliberate about where and how she shows up,” the source said.
“She showed up reluctantly for the election. They were united, but she doesn’t have to unify around [Trump]. She doesn’t have to say anything. Her absence speaks volumes.”
George W. and Laura Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Joe and Jill Biden are expected to attend the inauguration.
