\u00ab\u00a0The whole [birther] thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. But it was also dangerous, deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks,\u00a0\u00bb Michelle Obama writes in her…<\/b>
\n(CNN) \u2014 Former first lady Michelle Obama discusses her dislike of President Donald Trump \u2014 as well as personal details of her life before and during her time in the White House \u2014 in her highly anticipated memoir, \u201cBecoming,\u201d The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Obama says she would \u201cnever forgive\u201d Trump for the rumors he spread questioning the legitimacy of President Barack Obama\u2019s American birth certificate, which she said threatened her family\u2019s safety.
\u201cThe whole [birther] thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. But it was also dangerous, deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks,\u201d she writes, according to the Post, which obtained an early copy of the book. It will be released next Tuesday.
\u201cWhat if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? What if that person went looking for our girls?,\u201d she adds. \u201cDonald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family\u2019s safety at risk. And for this I\u2019d never forgive him.\u201d
Obama also recounts how her \u201cbody buzzed with fury\u201d after hearing Trump\u2019s candid lewd comments about grabbing women.
\u201cIt was an expression of hatred that had generally been kept out of polite company, but still lived in the marrow of our supposedly enlightened society \u2014 alive and accepted enough that someone like Donald Trump could afford to be cavalier about it,\u201d she writes, according to the Post.
Obama also describes her private struggles and triumphs in the book, including her romance with her husband, their difficulties having children \u2014 including a miscarriage and that their daughters were conceived through in vitro fertilization \u2014 and her work to make the Office of the First Lady her own, the Post reports.
Shonda Rhimes, the producer behind the television shows \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d and \u201cScandal,\u201d praised the memoir as trailblazing yet relatable.
\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody will be necessarily prepared to read a memoir like this \u2014 especially coming from a first lady,\u201d Rhimes told the Post, having read an advance copy of \u201cBecoming.\u201d
\u201cI was very surprised, pleasantly surprised, by the level of candor and the level at which she opened herself up,\u201d she added. \u201cI love the honesty and the humor and the beauty with which she addressed the romance of her marriage and the tribulations of her marriage and motherhood, and all of those things that we as women all can relate to.\u201d
Obama also reiterates that politics isn\u2019t for her, alluding to her previous dismissal of a potential 2020 presidential run.
\u201cI\u2019ve never been a fan of politics, and my experience over the last ten years has done little to change that,\u201d she writes according to the Post. \u201cI continue to be put off by the nastiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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