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Obama Blames Trump for Causing “Genuine Tension” in His Marriage to Michelle

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You truly can’t make this up.

Barack Obama is now blaming President Trump for his marriage problems.

During a recent interview with the left-wing New Yorker, Obama basically admitted that his terminal TDS is costing him his marriage.

He claimed that President Trump’s historic return to the White House has pulled him back into politics, but that it upsets Michelle.

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“It does create genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her,” Barack Obama said, “I’m more forgiving of it; I understand why people feel that way.”

According to Barack, Michelle wants him to take it easy in retirement and spend more time with her.

Isn’t that sweet?

Here’s more from the New Yorker interview with Obama:

Trump’s recklessness has drawn Obama to work in politics “more than I would have preferred,” he said. He has campaigned around the country in each election cycle since leaving office. He has hosted fund-raisers and recorded dozens of video ads and robocalls. When he talks about his role in helping to oppose Trump, he argues that his influence should be gauged not only by the number of speeches he gives or by his appearances in legacy news outlets but also by the audiences he reaches in other ways. He markets Netflix projects that carry messages of liberal uplift. He has met with numerous podcasters and influencers. (His senior adviser Eric Schultz referred to this as showing up “in unexpected places.”) He has spoken with the twenty-seven-year-old Uruguayan American Carlos Eduardo Espina, who has more than twenty-two million followers across platforms and gets billions of views a year on TikTok. He has sat down with Victor Fontanez, a heavily tattooed young barber and influencer better known as VicBlends. Fontanez interviewed Obama in 2024 while giving him a haircut—a conversation that got more than twenty-four million views on TikTok. A talk with Hasan Minhaj drew more than 8.5 million YouTube views.

“People who are going to be decisive in elections going forward do not seek out information about politics—they encounter it,” David Plouffe, Obama’s longtime strategist, told me. “Obama will talk about things, and there will be video clips that are interesting to people, because it’s not like a droning on in a political speech.”

Still, Obama parcels his time with care. He told me that the demands of his schedule are of great concern to Michelle: “She wants to see her husband easing up and spending more time with her, enjoying what remains of our lives.” Of the pressure on him to be on the campaign circuit, he said, “It does create a genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her. I’m more forgiving of it, in the sense that I understand why people feel that way, because people aren’t looking at me in historical comparison to other Presidents. They don’t care about the fact that no other ex-President was the main surrogate for the Party for four election cycles after they left office.”

But instead of kicking back in his golden years with his lovely “wife,” Barack is busy sticking it to President Trump by singing to kids with NYC’s new socialist mayor:

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Or, most recently, promoting his new eyesore of a Presidential Center with Luke Skywalker:

CRINGE: Obama Recruits Luke Skywalker to Sell His Ugly Presidential Center on ‘Star Wars Day’

Something tells me TDS isn't the only factor causing trouble in the Obama marriage. It's been looking pretty rocky for over a year now...

Just last year, Michelle was nowhere to be seen during Jimmy Carter's funeral.

Fox News noted:

Michelle Obama, not unlike her husband, has taken to new media to air many of her grievances with the Trump administration, often criticizing the president on other podcasts, as well as her own.

Obama's revelation is not the first time he's publicly addressed strife in his marriage. In 2025, he admitted he had been "digging myself out of the hole I found myself in with Michelle," after she did not join him during the January funeral for former President Jimmy Carter or for Trump's second inauguration.

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For her part, Michelle Obama (unfortunately) hasn't faded into the background either, though.

Let's not forget her dropping this cold line during an episode of her podcast last June:

No, something's been brewing in the Obama marriage for quite some time.

But, Barack's most recent admission of "tension" between them has some folks wondering if they are going to divorce soon and claim it's all Trump's fault!

Take a look at some of these responses:

Your thoughts?


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