Are the Obamas the next big political couple headed for Splitsville? Well, if their recent public jabs are any indication, Barack and Michelle might be “soft launching” a divorce—and doing it with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
Let’s start with the obvious: Barack Obama, the man who once carried himself like the infallible Messiah of the Left, just admitted during a speech at Hamilton College that he’s in what he called a “deep deficit” with his wife Michelle. His exact words? “I was in a deep deficit with my wife… so I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things.” You don’t say that in public unless your marriage is circling the drain or you’re preparing America for the final curtain call on the Obama love story.
It gets better. Just days before Barack’s confession, Michelle took her own shot at her husband on a podcast with her brother Craig Robinson. When asked if she’d date a man who wasn’t financially stable, Michelle quipped, “Uh, I married one.” Oof. That’s not just a dig—it’s a public body slam. Can someone get Barry an ice pack?
The divorce rumors have been swirling since late last year when Michelle skipped both Jimmy Carter’s funeral and announced she wouldn’t attend President Trump’s inauguration. Okay, skipping Trump’s event isn’t exactly shocking coming from the Obamas, but skipping a high-profile state funeral? That raised some eyebrows. Now with these passive-aggressive (and not-so-passive) digs flying back and forth, it’s starting to look less like rumor and more like a slow, painful rollout of a breakup.
And of course, Barack couldn’t resist using his time at Hamilton College to take a swing at President Trump—because what’s an Obama speech without a little political projection? “The most important office in this democracy is the citizen,” he said. Right, because when you’re dodging questions about your crumbling marriage, nothing deflects better than a vague lecture about civic virtue and blaming Trump for everything under the sun.
At this point, the Obamas are looking less like America’s power couple and more like a Netflix drama about to get canceled. If this is the soft launch of a divorce, it’s not exactly subtle. But then again, nothing in Obama-world ever is.
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