Michelle Obama has opened up about welcoming the Trumps to the White House (File photo)
Former United States First Lady Michelle Obama criticized President Donald Trump and his administration’s refusal to allow the transition to move forward in a social media post shared today. “I want to urge all Americans, especially our nation’s leaders, regardless of party, to honor the electoral process and do their part to encourage a smooth transition of power, just as incumbent presidents have done along the way. throughout our history, “he wrote.
Michelle Obama recalled how she and her husband Barack Obama welcomed the Trumps to the White House, putting aside her own disappointment at the outcome of the 2016 election.
“I was hurt and disappointed, but the votes had been counted and Donald Trump had won,” she wrote, saying the transition had not been easy for her, but she respected the choice the American people made.
“The presidency does not belong to any individual or to any party,” wrote Michelle Obama.
She confessed that it had not been easy for her to welcome the Trumps to the White House, writing: “Donald Trump had spread racist lies about my husband that put my family in danger. That was not something I was willing to forgive.” .
In his post, he said that it takes “strength and maturity to put my anger aside” and recalled welcoming Melania Trump into the White House, speaking to her about his own experience of living and raising children there.
“We invited people from the President-elect’s team to our offices and prepared detailed memos for them, offering what we had learned over the past eight years,” wrote Michelle Obama, comparing this to Trump’s refusal to guarantee a smooth transition of power. problems. .
Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to concede the choice, despite major US media declaring Democrat Joe Biden the winner after he crossed the mandatory 270 electoral votes of the 538-member Electoral College.
“This is not a game,” Obama wrote at the end of his post. “So I want to urge all Americans, especially our nation’s leaders, regardless of party, to honor the electoral process and do their part to encourage a smooth transition of power, just as incumbent presidents have done. throughout our history. “
Michelle Obama’s post has gone viral with more than 2.7 million ‘likes’ in a matter of hours.
“This is what we all needed to hear. Thank you for constantly being a beacon of hope to all of us,” wrote one person in the comment section.
“Well said, thank you once again for being such a beautiful example of a leader in this country,” said another.
Donald Trump again refused Monday to acknowledge his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, tweeting: “I WON THE ELECTION!”
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