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Former First Lady Michelle Obama drew cheers from the crowd after making an apparent jab at President Donald Trump at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, alluding to former President Barack Obama winning a Nobel Peace Prize\u2014an honor that has eluded Trump, much to his frustration.<\/p>\n
Former First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to honor her husband, former President Barack Obama, at the opening of his presidential center in Chicago. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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While naming a list of her husband\u2019s achievements as president, Michelle Obama included \u201cwinning a peace prize,\u201d referring to his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize award.<\/p>\n
The remark drew prolonged cheers from the crowd, as well as visible laughs from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was seated behind former President Obama and alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton. <\/p>\n
The remark appears to be a dig at Trump, who complained<\/a> about not winning the prize last fall, and was gifted<\/a> the medal by the actual winner, Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, even though the award is not officially transferable.<\/p>\n Obama also touted her husband for \u201cending a war,\u201d \u201crescuing our economy\u201d and \u201cexpanding health care\u201d during his presidency.<\/p>\n what has trump said about the nobel peace prize?<\/p>\n Trump repeatedly suggested he deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize and then voiced his displeasure at being passed over for the most recent award, which Machado won<\/a> last fall for her \u201cefforts to advance democracy in Venezuela.\u201d In a message<\/a> to Norway\u2019s prime minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re in January, Trump lamented not winning the prize, which is governed by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. \u201cConsidering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant,\u201d Trump said, adding the prize snub was a reason he wanted to annex Greenland. In October, Trump said<\/a> Obama \u201cgot a prize for doing nothing,\u201d saying the committee gave Obama the peace prize \u201cfor doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country.\u201d In December, FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave<\/a> Trump the inaugural \u201cFIFA Peace Prize,\u201d citing his efforts to \u201cpromote peace and unity around the world.\u201d Trump, while accepting the prize, called it \u201ctruly one of the great honors of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n what else did michelle obama say?<\/p>\n Obama, while heaping praise on her husband, said<\/a> he used his eight years as president to \u201creveal your truest essence, your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.\u201d She also hailed him as the first Black president, noting the \u201chigher standard that comes with all that.\u201d Obama also said the opening of the Obama Presidential Center is \u201cgrounded\u201d in their stories, but is not just about her or her husband. \u201cA lasting legacy isn’t an award or a name on a building or the number of zeroes in a bank account, but the difference we make in one another’s lives,\u201d Obama said. <\/p>\n key background<\/p>\n Obama spoke during the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, former President Obama\u2019s presidential museum in Chicago. An all-star slate<\/a> of celebrities and politicians were tapped to attend the ceremony, including former presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and former first ladies Jill Biden, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Former Vice President Kamala Harris also attended. Performers included Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend and Stevie Wonder. Other Hollywood attendees included Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks and late-night hosts David Letterman, Conan O\u2019Brien and Stephen Colbert.<\/p>\n further reading<\/p>\n