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Michelle Obama shared with Robin Roberts, co-presenter of "Good Morning America," an important piece of advice that she would give herself if she had had the opportunity, if she had the opportunity, while both sat down to discuss his memoir, "Becoming".
"You know that the hard things were the things I was waiting for," Obama told Roberts in an exclusive interview.
"It's going to be hard, you know, being the first black guy, something is going to be hard."
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"A large part of this country lives in isolation and we do not know each other, there were people who did not know what a black woman looked like, so I knew it would be a challenge, that I should win my grace – and I have experienced it in the election campaign, "she said.
It's the campaign that has put its self-esteem to the test.
Roberts' frank conversation with Michelle Obama on a range of topics, including "Becoming," will air in a premiere show on Prime News, "Michelle Becoming: The Journey of a First Woman with Robin Roberts ", Sunday, November 11 at 9 pm ET.
In the summer of 2004, Barack Obama was already a rising star when he was invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention. In 2008, after a meteoric rise to fame, the senator announced his candidacy for the presidency.
Michelle Obama said that even though she had given him the blessing to run, she did not think that he would win.
And when she saw him on the cover of Time magazine in October 2006 with the title: "Why Barack Obama could be the next president," she looked away.
She did not even want to see him.
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"I think I did what a lot of blacks did," she told Roberts. "We were afraid to hope because it's hard to believe that the country that oppressed you might one day be led by you, you know?"
"I mean, my grandparents, you know, have experienced segregation," she continued. "My grandfather, his grandfather was a slave, you know, so those memories were real, and they did not think the country was ready, and so my attitude was a reflection of that skepticism."
In the election campaign, she was insulted and her patriotism was questioned.
"I write about these, you know, from those unpleasant periods when people called me" baby mom "from Barack, you know? They accused me of not loving my country … told me that I was angry, "she said. And I was like: It's not me. Wait, wait, people. It's not who I am. "
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Obama told Roberts that the criticisms she had suffered during her husband's election campaign had hurt.
"I do not think we're doing a favor by pretending that hurtful things do not hurt," she told Roberts.
"And that's what I came to. (…) I have to know what hurts. I have to talk about it. I have to reveal it for myself so that I can heal it. But at the time, oh that then, you know? I would not allow myself to feel victimized because there was no time to lose in this role. "
In her memoir titled "Becoming" released Tuesday, Michelle Obama writes that she will never "forgive" President Donald Trump for challenging the legitimacy of her husband's birth certificate.
In 2011, Donald Trump and other so-called "births" wondered if Barack Obama was an American citizen. In her memoir, Michelle Obama described their actions as "crazy and mean-spirited." (…) her underlying bigotry and xenophobia barely concealed.But it was also dangerous, deliberately meant to stoke the nuts and bolts. crazy. "
Michelle Obama asks about the audio of the book exclusively obtained by ABC News: "What if an unstable mind loaded a gun and went to Washington? And if this man was looking for our daughters? Donald Trump, with his noisy insinuations put the safety of my family at risk, and for that I will never forgive him. "
President Trump reacted on Friday to Michelle Obama's comments about it in his book, pointing to former President Barack Obama.
"She has received a lot of money to write a book and they are still waiting for a little controversy," Trump told reporters. "I will give you a little controversy, I will never forgive [President Barack Obama] for what he did to our US Army. He was exhausted and I had to fix it. "
"What he did to our military made this country very dangerous for you and you and you," Trump said.
Michelle Obama also wrote about her reaction to the election of President Trump and her thoughts as she attended her inauguration. She writes, "I will always wonder what led so many women, in particular, to reject an exceptionally qualified and misogynist candidate as president. "
"It's amazing to me that we must always inform people of the importance of voting," Obama told Roberts.
Listen to the exclusive primetime specials broadcast on ABC News "Becoming Michelle: A First Lady's Journey with Robin Roberts" on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 9 pm AND.
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