With the Obama Presidential Center set to open to the public on Friday in Chicago, the liberal media is once again falling on their faces to grovel to Barack and Michelle Obama. ABC’s Good Morning America broadcasted a pre-taped interview with the former President and First Lady on Wednesday, praising the couple ahead of the ugliest museum in history’s dedication and opening.
“I was speechless, which is hard for me to be,” Michelle said to interviewer Robin Roberts in a rare moment of honesty. If there’s one thing we know about Michelle, it’s that she loves to run her mouth on her podcast, where she constantly degrades her husband, or on her endless media promotions.
In the world of politics, both Obamas have appeared on the campaign trail for Democratic candidates such as Kamala Harris, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, making it hard to believe Barack’s claim they “prefer a quieter life.”
Barack compared himself to George Washington, who retired from the presidency after only two terms in office:
You know, my goal was to, you know, look at the example of our first president, George Washington. You know, he kind of - I don't have a horse to get on, but he kind of said, 'All right, I've done my stint, and now I'm going, you know, back home.'
But the Obamas are not relinquishing the spotlight anytime soon. Why would they, when the media trips over themselves to kiss the ground that Barack and Michelle walk on?
Roberts asked if there was “anything in looking back that [Barack] would do differently as President,” but Barack answered like he was trying to pass a job interview:
I always used to feel like I was making a mistake a day. . . I always felt that when we made decisions, we were making decisions with the American people in mind.
No mention about how his "Affordable Care Act," which Barack suggested was his "greatest accomplishment," hasn't proven to be affordable at all. Or the failed Libyan intervention, or drone strikes that killed innocent American citizens. Despite those massive mistakes, the media still touts Barack Obama as one of the greatest presidents, but if they had been interviewing Trump, they would have attacked him for tiny things like his mean posts and comments before even getting to anything he did with the military.
Only a few seconds later, Roberts made a direct allusion to Trump:
Walking the halls here, the museum really, it's about the promise of democracy. And it's very difficult for people right now when they feel a lot of their freedoms are being taken from them. They're very familiar now with Project 2025, many of your policies are being rolled back.
Roberts is probably referring to abortion, which the administration hasn’t touched, but she didn't attempt to explore exactly which freedoms were "being taken" -- as if the Democrats aren't the party that typically finds there are just too many "freedoms."
Barack closed out the interview saying, “You know, how things get better is, us old folks, we kind of fade, and we got to get out of the way.”
But unfortunately for the rest of us, the Obamas, despite what they and the liberal media say, will keep digging their claws into the American body politic for many years to come.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC's Good Morning America
6/17/26
8:31:49 a.m. EasternGEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Now it's time for your big interview with the Obamas.
ROBIN ROBERTS: It's really a special time for them because they are just days away from the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.And with that comes, yes, reflection on their road to the White House and what was achieved while they were there. We spoke about that and what is happening now to some of the work they did while they were in office.
[Cut to interview]
ROBERTS, VOICEOVER: This morning, the Obamas, just days away from opening the doors to their Presidential Center.
MICHELLE OBAMA: It's done. It's finished. It is opening.
ROBERTS: You had a private moment, able to walk through on your own-BARACK OBAMA: The two of us for the first--
M. OBAMA: Yeah, yeah
B. OBAMA: --time since the exhibits. And the art has been-
M. OBAMA: Well, the last time I was on this floor, it was still a--B. OBAMA & M. OBAMA: --construction site.
B. OBAMA: We still had hard hats on.
M. OBAMA: I was speechless, which is hard for me to be.
ROBERTS: And people are going to experience that when they walk through these doors. And they're also going to just learn more about your eight years as President of the United States of America.B. OBAMA: They will.
ROBERTS: And what do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
B. OBAMA: Look, there's a lot of stuff I'm proud of. I - for all the resistance from our political opposition, you know, the Affordable Care Act has--[Cut to signing video]
B. OBAMA: We are done!
[applause]
[Cut back to interview]
B. OBAMA: --now helped 50, 60 million people, and continues to help people, even though the current Congress has tried to weaken it and taken away some of the subsidies that were really helping a lot of working people.
The thing I'm probably the most proud of is the tone we set. I'm very proud of the message we sent to the country that we're representing everybody.
ROBERTS: Is there anything in looking back that you would do differently as President?
B. OBAMA: Oh, I - look, there's - I always used to feel like I was making a mistake a day.The thing that we were good at and allowed me to sleep at night and get up and go back at it, was I always felt that when we made decisions, we were making decisions with the American people in mind.
[Cut to video]ROBERTS, VOICEOVER: From Barack Obama's time as a State Senator--
B. OBAMA: Hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty.
ROBERTS, VOICEOVER: --to the Presidential campaign trail--CROWD: Yes he can!
ROBERTS, VOICEOVER: --and two terms in office--
[applause and cheers]
ROBERTS, VOICEOVER: --the Obamas leaning on their message of hope.
[Cut back to interview]
ROBERTS: Could that movement that you started then, could it happen now, Mrs. Obama, do you think?.
M. OBAMA: It can always happen, you know. People just have to be fed up enough. They have to want more.And I think the Presidential Center hopefully will remind people of just how close we are to move in this country in the direction that we want to move it in.
You have one exhibit where people thought that it could never happen, that a Black man, a Black family would never live in the White House, that America would never accept that. And lo and behold, the whole country, you know, the vast majority of the country believed differently.
ROBERTS: Mr. President, when you left the office, I remember you saying this:
[Cut to video]B. OBAMA: I want to, be quiet a little bit and not hear myself talk so darn much.
[Cut back to interview]
ROBERTS: But you also said when core values may be at stake, it would merit you speaking out. How have you been able to find that balance?
B. OBAMA: I - you pick and choose your spots. I'm not suggesting I've done it perfectly.You know, my goal was to, you know, look at the example of our first president, George Washington. You know, he kind of - I don't have a horse to get on, but he kind of said, 'All right, I've done my stint, and now I'm going, you know, back home.'
And I think Michelle very much would prefer a quieter life for us. And on the other hand, there have been some folks who would like to see me out every day, right, banging the drum.
What I've tried to do is to move from player to coach. Part of our foundation mission here is, how do we encourage the next generation of leadership?
ROBERTS: And walking the halls here, the museum really, it's about the promise of democracy. And it's very difficult for people right now when they feel a lot of their freedoms are being taken from them. They're very familiar now with Project 2025, many of your policies are being rolled back. How do you when you see these things happening, how do you deal with that?
B. OBAMA: There has always been sort of contesting stories in America. One story is, you know, the - 'we find these truths to be self-evident, that all men, all people are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights.'But there's always been a part of this, our story that is about the strong trying to dominate the weak. This country wasn't designed to be everybody marching in lockstep.
The premise of this country is everybody gets a right to say, 'No, I don't agree with that. I challenge that. No, Obama, I think you're making a mistake.'
You know, and then we have a conversation about it, and then it gets settled in an election and, all right, if enough people decide I didn't know what I was doing, then you move on to the next person.
ROBERTS: And the next election we have coming up is a midterms.B. OBAMA: That's correct.
ROBERTS: And both parties, the polling numbers are very low for both parties.
B. OBAMA: People are a little discouraged right now. But I - again, I believe that we go through these cycles, and there is going to be a younger generation that pops up and they're going to be leaders who pop up where people go [snaps].Michelle's mom was always good about saying this: 'You know, how things get better is, us old folks, we kind of fade, and--
M. OBAMA: You gotta get out of the way.B. OBAMA: --we got to get out of the way.'
[Cut back to live]
ROBERTS: And the Obamas are keenly aware of their place in history, but they are also determined that their part of their legacy is about inspiring the next generation of leaders, as they said, 'to get out of the way,' and their Presidential Center focuses a lot on that.Yes, there is a lot of nostalgia, but they emphasize it's not about the change that happened for them going from the South side of Chicago, where the museum is located, to the White House, it is their belief that everyone is capable of change and, as they say, 'bring change home.' And you see that outside--
MICHAEL STRAHAN: Yeah.
ROBERTS: --of the Center, 'to bring change home.'
