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Michelle Obama Says U.S. Is Not Ready to Elect a Woman President

She rules out a run at a New York event for her book The Look over what she describes as persistent male discomfort with female leadership.

Overview

  • Telling audiences not to urge her to run, she argued the last election showed the country is still unwilling to choose a woman for the presidency.
  • She said many men remain uncomfortable being led by a woman, framing the barrier as cultural rather than tactical.
  • Her remarks came during a promotional conversation moderated by actress Tracee Ellis Ross in New York for The Look.
  • Coverage notes she once polled as a hypothetical Democratic option in 2024 as Joe Biden weighed exiting, though she and Barack Obama supported Kamala Harris.
  • Reports also reference her earlier criticism of President Donald Trump as a risk to women and his response calling her “disgusting.”