Michelle Obama: 'So Many' People Feel Barack is Their President
Obama spoke the Obama Foundation Summit at the Illinois Institute of Technology,
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Former first lady Michelle Obama has claimed that many people around the world still feel that her husband, former President Barack Obama, is “their president.”
On Tuesday, Obama spoke the Obama Foundation Summit at the Illinois Institute of Technology, stating her husband could have built his presidential library anywhere in the world.
The former first lady explained Chicago’s Jackson Park was chosen as the site for the Obama Presidential Center because it was close ot the couple’s former home and her South Side childhood home.
“There’s power in the selection of Jackson Park,” the former first lady said.
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“Barack and I don’t do things incidentally. There’s a strategy.”
But Obama claimed the library could have even been built outside of the United States.
“Barack’s presidential library could have been anywhere in the world because there are so many people who feel like he is their president,” she stated.
“New York wanted it," she added.
"Hawaii wants it. Because it’s also an economic engine,” she continued.
Video: Michelle Obama’s Ego Hits All Time High Over Claim About The World Seeing Barack As “Their President”
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In June, plans to build the $500 million presidential center on Chicago’s lakefront was granted by a federal judge.
Earlier this year, Michelle Obama blasted President Donald Trump and his supporters, claiming the crowd at the president's inauguration was "not reflective" of America.
Obama made the remarks while speaking to Gayle King at Essence Fest in New Orleans in July.
Obama slammed the diversity of Trump's audience, claiming they "made sure that the crowd looked like all of America" during Barack's inauguration by inviting more "people of color."
The ex-FLOTUS spoke about how emotional she was during Trump’s inauguration after having to move her family out of the White House.
