Michelle Obama will not join her husband Barack at Donald Trump’s second inauguration next week.

The announcement comes days after the former First Lady made headlines for missing Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.


CNN reported at the time that the former first lady was “still in Hawaii on an extended holiday vacation” during the funeral, saying her advisers credited the absence to a scheduling conflict.

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The Obamas and the Trumps at Donald Trump’s first inauguration in 2017

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