Michelle Obama for President. Could you imagine where we would be now...

realityslapsyou · 2026-02-01T15:18:40+00:00

I'm watching Becoming on Netflix in solidarity with those in the US who asked for more people to watch it this weekend. Michelle is so intelligent, calm and charismatic, and she has a fun sense of humour. Can you imagine where the US, the world, would be if Michelle had run for office. She would have been an excellent president. It is a bit hard watching the documentary, as I find I am mourning the world as it was, and depressed about the state of it currently. But Michelle Obama is fascinating to watch, she's an amazing woman.

ACynicalDad · 01/02/2026 19:13

I think the Americans are not yet ready to vote for a female president, let alone a black one, if she stands she is gifting the republicans another 4 years (I say this as someone who thinks she'd be plenty good enough. Trump beat two people, the only two female candidates for president.

I suspect the first female president, when it eventually happens will be a Republican, (or a time that two women are nominated) but even then a load of their base will probably stay at home.

Mcdhotchoc · 01/02/2026 19:06

The Democrats need a middle of the road white male candidate with a bit of personality.
America is not going to elect a woman, much less a black woman. Unpalatable,but not as Unpalatable as the consequence of them failing to grasp this fact.
The were idiots for putting up Hilary Clinton and Kamela Harris.

FrozenFebruary · 01/02/2026 18:57

Teado · 01/02/2026 15:43

She’d be very good. It’s a shame that she is not interested in running.

Yes A great shame. But I don't blame her!!

FrozenFebruary · 01/02/2026 18:57

TomatoSandwiches · 01/02/2026 15:40

It's the ones that don't want it that usually would do the best job. Such a shame.

Exactly this!

I wonder how she'd feel about being uk PM instead??

id be happy to bend a few rules to make it possible! 🤣

floppybit · 01/02/2026 18:53

I used to be a big fan of hers, but I listened to her being interviewed on a podcast recently and she was going on about what a fantastic person she is, she came across as extremely narcissistic, it really put me off her.

Sidebeforeself · 01/02/2026 18:48

realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 18:47

but it’s a bit naive just to think that someone who comes across as intelligent and principled would make a great President.

Right now I would love to have someone who could be described as intelligent and principled.

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Yeah but its not enough

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realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 18:47

Sidebeforeself · 01/02/2026 17:20

I dont think people are saying that as such, but it’s a bit naive just to think that someone who comes across as intelligent and principled would make a great President. And she would be constantly aware of the shadow of her husband, and people would say he was the real president.

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but it’s a bit naive just to think that someone who comes across as intelligent and principled would make a great President.

Right now I would love to have someone who could be described as intelligent and principled.

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realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 18:45

poetryandwine · 01/02/2026 17:34

This isn’t the right question. Biden should have announced early on that he was not running, and the Democrats should have had a proper primary process from which, hopefully, the strongest candidate would have emerged in a good position to beat Trump.

I was happy to vote for Kamala Harris but the process didn’t give her the time to put up a good fight, and it is possible that a proper process would have shown someone else to be a stronger candidate.

I don’t believe it was Michelle’s time, anyway. Elected experience first.

Trump’s lack of experience is a big part of his problem (though hardly the whole of it). We certainly don’t want the marvellous Michelle to be remembered as a poor president.

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Agree, but in the current climate, I like to imagine her there instead of trump.

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Playingvideogames · 01/02/2026 18:16

I adore Michelle and would love to see her as President. The Obamas share Presidential qualities which is a cool level head, a lack of ego and an ability to see the bigger picture and not be distracted by the mayhem.

Sadly it won’t happen as they are now addicted to the cult of aggression and personality.

BlueJuniper94 · 01/02/2026 18:14

Ponoka7 · 01/02/2026 16:51

I think that she would be assassinated. There's sections of the US that just wouldn't tolerate a black woman president.

It's wild to pretend that you genuinely believe this when the only bullet that hit a president in living memory came from your own side

Dweetfidilove · 01/02/2026 18:07

Sparron · 01/02/2026 17:20

Obama spent his time bombing brown people all over the world and deporting more immigrants than Trump....

Why would his wife be any better?

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You know what? I ain't go argue with anyone on anything that says she should go nowhere near the White House. 🥂

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 01/02/2026 17:39

She’ll moan about it non-stop.

From what she constantly kvetches about on podcasts, she hated the White House.

poetryandwine · 01/02/2026 17:34

realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 17:17

Yes, this is where that argument falls down for me every time.

Do people honestly think Michelle would have done a poorer job than trump because she doesn't have experience in politics? What experience does he have?

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This isn’t the right question. Biden should have announced early on that he was not running, and the Democrats should have had a proper primary process from which, hopefully, the strongest candidate would have emerged in a good position to beat Trump.

I was happy to vote for Kamala Harris but the process didn’t give her the time to put up a good fight, and it is possible that a proper process would have shown someone else to be a stronger candidate.

I don’t believe it was Michelle’s time, anyway. Elected experience first.

Trump’s lack of experience is a big part of his problem (though hardly the whole of it). We certainly don’t want the marvellous Michelle to be remembered as a poor president.

Hont1986 · 01/02/2026 17:28

We already know what a Michelle Obama term would have looked like, we got it in 2020. Biden was surrounded by the same DNC establishment that Michelle would have been.

Sidebeforeself · 01/02/2026 17:20

realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 17:17

Yes, this is where that argument falls down for me every time.

Do people honestly think Michelle would have done a poorer job than trump because she doesn't have experience in politics? What experience does he have?

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I dont think people are saying that as such, but it’s a bit naive just to think that someone who comes across as intelligent and principled would make a great President. And she would be constantly aware of the shadow of her husband, and people would say he was the real president.

Sparron · 01/02/2026 17:20

Dweetfidilove · 01/02/2026 15:30

Nope, nope, nope!

We saw what happened after her husband took office. Folks were adamant they wanted different.

77 million people voted the current president into office for a second term. That's the president they deserve.
They do not deserve Michelle Obama.

Let that woman be at peace.

Obama spent his time bombing brown people all over the world and deporting more immigrants than Trump....

Why would his wife be any better?

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realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 17:17

NoKidsSendDogs · 01/02/2026 16:56

As opposed to a pedophile who's bankrupted every business he has ever run?

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Yes, this is where that argument falls down for me every time.

Do people honestly think Michelle would have done a poorer job than trump because she doesn't have experience in politics? What experience does he have?

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realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 17:13

MakeYourOwnSunshine · 01/02/2026 15:46

I like Michelle Obama, but in a world where Americans didn't elect Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris, I don't know why anyone thinks Michelle's chances would be any different, even if she wanted the job?

True, but millions of people did vote for both Hillary and Kamala. Millions didn't bother to vote as usual in every election. It doesn't mean that the majority really didn't want a woman.

There is also the belief that Musk did some election tampering. So I guess unless there is an investigation, we'll never know if 'the US didn't want a woman'.

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DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 01/02/2026 16:58

I admire Michelle Obama.

But even if she had wanted the job, and she’d stood instead of Harris, that idiot Biden, his wife and his foolish party would have scuppered her chances just like Harris’s.

If the hypothetical includes ‘would she have been good if she’d stood in place of Biden in 2021?’, then probably yes, and certainly no worse.

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 01/02/2026 16:57

Given the absolute torrent of appalling racist and sexist abuse she got when she was First Lady I can well understand why she's not interested.

Having a black president permanently broke the brains of a terrifyingly large proportion of the US population. And it's got worse since then.

NoKidsSendDogs · 01/02/2026 16:56

KimberleyClark · 01/02/2026 15:55

She has no political experience at all.

As opposed to a pedophile who's bankrupted every business he has ever run?

Ponoka7 · 01/02/2026 16:51

I think that she would be assassinated. There's sections of the US that just wouldn't tolerate a black woman president.

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realityslapsyou · 01/02/2026 16:49

outerspacepotato · 01/02/2026 15:22

She didn't and doesn't want political power. Her book made that very clear.

Yes, I realise she doesn't want to, and I completely respect that and agree with her choice.

My post was just about if she had, how different things would currently be.

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KimberleyClark · 01/02/2026 15:58

Of all the First Ladies of modern times, Eleanor Roosevelt could have done the job herself.

KimberleyClark · 01/02/2026 15:55

She has no political experience at all.