As Barack, 63, Bill, 78, and Hillary, 77, entered the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Monday for the 78-year-old’s historic swearing-in ceremony, people at the Capitol One Arena could be heard loudly booing.
Obama did not want to be there. But she went because it was expected of her, even though it meant being in the presence of the man who tried to delegitimize her husband’s historic nomination and presidency.
Other former presidents and first ladies are expected to attend as are tech billionaires Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.
Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's traditional inaugural lunch.
The planned absence Monday follows another notable absence last week at the state funeral of former president Jimmy Carter.
The inauguration is the second gathering of U.S. presidents and their spouses that Michelle Obama has missed in recent weeks.
The men who held the nation’s highest office before President Trump have all remained mum on his taking the presidency on Monday.
Former President Obama made a stag entrance as Michelle Obama was missing from Donald Trump‘s swearing-in ceremony. The former President attended the inauguration and swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump as the next President,
Trump's most notable critics, such as President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris, will be at his inauguration tomorrow.
Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president Monday—with every living former president, billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Carrie Underwood, the Village People and several foreign leaders getting invitations.
They say that behind "every great man is a great woman", well I like to say "beside every great man, is an even greater, well-dressed woman".