Michelle Obama: Trump is like a parent who lets his kids eat sweets all day
Michelle Obama has compared Donald Trump to a neglectful parent who lets their children gorge on sweets all day and stay up late.
The former first lady used the parenting allegory to compare her husband's presidency to that of his successor.
I think what we see is what happens when we take things for granted. For the eight years Barack was president, it was like having the ‘good parent’ at home, she said at the Simmons Leadership Conference in Boston.
The responsible parent, the one who told you to eat your carrots and go to bed on time. And now we have the other parent. We thought it’d feel fun, maybe it feels fun for now because we can eat candy all day and stay up late, and not follow the rules.
I think about what I’ve learned from my husband, and I’ve learned ...
