Former US first lady Michelle Obama has attacked President Donald Trump in her new book, revealing her shock reaction on the night she learned he would replace her husband in the White<\/b>
\nDeb Riechmann
November 9 2018 11:16 AM
Former US first lady Michelle Obama has attacked President Donald Trump in her new book, revealing her shock reaction on the night she learned he would replace her husband in the White House.
In her memoir, Becoming, Barack Obama’s wife also denounces Mr Trump’s \u00ab\u00a0birther\u00a0\u00bb campaign, which questioned her husband’s citizenship, calling it bigoted, dangerous and \u00ab\u00a0deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks\u00a0\u00bb.
Mrs Obama writes openly about everything from growing up in Chicago to confronting racism in public life to her amazement at becoming America’s first black first lady.
In the book, due to be published on Tuesday, she also reflects on early struggles in her marriage to Barack Obama as he began his political career and was often away.
Mrs Obama writes that they met with a counsellor \u00ab\u00a0a handful of times\u00a0\u00bb, and she came to realise that she was more \u00ab\u00a0in charge\u00a0\u00bb of her happiness than she had realised. \u00ab\u00a0This was my pivot point,\u00a0\u00bb Mrs Obama explains. \u00ab\u00a0My moment of self-arrest\u00a0\u00bb.
The former first lady writes that she assumed Mr Trump was \u00ab\u00a0grandstanding\u00a0\u00bb when he announced his presidential run in 2015.
She expresses disbelief over how so many American women would choose a \u00ab\u00a0misogynist\u00a0\u00bb over Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton, \u00ab\u00a0an exceptionally qualified female candidate\u00a0\u00bb.
She remembers how her body \u00ab\u00a0buzzed with fury\u00a0\u00bb after seeing the infamous Access Hollywood tape, in which Mr Trump brags about sexually assaulting women.
Mrs Obama also accuses Mr Trump of using body language to \u00ab\u00a0stalk\u00a0\u00bb Mrs Clinton during a presidential election debate. She writes about Mr Trump following Mrs Clinton around the stage, standing nearby and \u00ab\u00a0trying to diminish her presence\u00a0\u00bb.
Mr Trump’s message, according to Mrs Obama, in words which appear in the book in bold print: \u00ab\u00a0I can hurt you and get away with it.\u00a0\u00bb
The book is keenly anticipated, with Mrs Obama being admired worldwide. Memoirs by former first ladies, including Mrs Clinton and Laura Bush, are usually best-sellers.
Mrs Obama launches her promotional tour on Tuesday not at a book shop, but at Chicago’s United Centre, where tens of thousands of people have purchased tickets – priced from just under 30 dollars (\u20ac26) to thousands of dollars – to attend the event moderated by Oprah Winfrey.
Other stops on a tour scaled to rock star dimensions are planned at large arenas from New York City’s Barclays Centre to the Los Angeles Forum, with guests including Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Jessica Parker.
While some fans have criticised ticket price, 10% of ticket sales at each event are being donated to local charities, schools and community groups.
In Becoming, Mrs Obama shares both pain and joy. She writes lovingly of her family and gives a detailed account of her courtship with her future husband, whom she met when both were at the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin LLP. She was initially his adviser.
Secretaries claimed Mr Obama was both brilliant and \u00ab\u00a0cute\u00a0\u00bb – although Michelle Obama was sceptical, writing that white people went \u00ab\u00a0bonkers\u00a0\u00bb any time you \u00ab\u00a0put a suit\u00a0\u00bb on a \u00ab\u00a0half-intelligent black man\u00a0\u00bb.
She also thought his picture had a \u00ab\u00a0whiff of geekiness\u00a0\u00bb.
But she was more than impressed after meeting him, by his \u00ab\u00a0rich, even sexy baritone\u00a0\u00bb and by his \u00ab\u00a0strange, stirring combination\u00a0\u00bb of serenity and power.
She writes that when she finally allowed him to kiss her, \u00ab\u00a0this strange mix-of-everything-man\u00a0\u00bb set off a \u00ab\u00a0toppling blast of lust, gratitude, fulfilment, wonder\u00a0\u00bb.
Throughout her husband’s life in politics, she fought to balance public and private needs, and to maintain her self-esteem. She agonised over what she feared was a cartoonish, racist image. She remembered being labelled \u00ab\u00a0angry\u00a0\u00bb and – by the Fox network – \u00ab\u00a0Obama’s Baby Mama\u00a0\u00bb.
At times, she feared she was damaging her husband’s 2008 presidential campaign, especially after conservatives seized on a line from one of her speeches – taken out of context – that for the first time as an adult she was \u00ab\u00a0really proud\u00a0\u00bb of her country.
The remarks faded from the news, but Mrs Obama sensed lasting damage, a perception that she was \u00ab\u00a0disgruntled and vaguely hostile\u00a0\u00bb.
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