The former first lady of the United States reveals the content of the gift she received from the wife of the current president in her first television interview since she left the White House
Little more than a year after the inauguration of Donald Trump, Michelle Obama reveals what was inside the box that Melania Trump gave her on January 20 and that caught everyone's attention by not knowing what to do with her at the time of the greeting and the official photograph. The former first lady has spoken about the contents of the gift, wrapped in a Tiffany & Co box, on her friend Ellen DeGeneres' show. "It was a beautiful setting," Michelle Obama says in a video preview of what is her first television interview since she left the White House, which airs Thursday.
In her conversation with DeGeneres, Michelle humorously recalls that she didn't know exactly what to do with the box, as no one said anything to her or came to pick it up. “What am I supposed to do with this gift? Everyone walked away from her and no one came for her. And I was thinking 'do we take a picture like this?' And that's why I hid it behind my back. So it was my husband who took the box, but no one told him what to do with it anyway, ”she says as DeGeneres recalls the moment on video.
On the morning of the inauguration ceremony, Trump made several rude remarks to his wife that did not go unnoticed by viewers. The current president of the United States did not wait for Melania when she got out of her car, nor did he take her by the arm, and headed towards the residence where the Obama couple was waiting for them a few steps ahead of her. “Well, it's all protocol. This is like a state visit, they tell you you are going to do this, you are going to stop here. I did not expect to receive the gift so it was a nice detail”, explained the wife of Barack Obama.
It is a tradition for outgoing presidents to welcome their successors to the White House on the morning of Inauguration Day. Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, greeted the Obamas for coffee or tea in the Blue Room of the White House before Barack Obama's first inauguration on January 20, 2009.
Since leaving the presidential residence, the Obama family lives in Washington and will keep their home there until their youngest daughter, Sasha, 16, finishes high school. In fact, they are almost neighbors of Donald Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, who live a few streets away.
