We’re Sick Of Michelle Obama Complaining About Trump’s Ballroom

The entire framing here is relentlessly negative, as if something precious has been stolen from America and we’re all supposed to mourn it.

And this isn’t even the first time she’s pushed this same narrative. In a separate interview earlier this month, she said this:

After explaining why she wanted to focus on beauty and fashion in her third book, she discussed the “renovating” that President Donald Trump has unleashed on the White House’s East Wing, which has traditionally been the office and domain of the first lady

“When we talk about the East Wing, it is the heart of the work. And to denigrate it, to tear it down, to pretend like it doesn’t matter—it’s a reflection of how you think of that role,” Obama said. “Whether the West Wing understood it or not, I used to tell them: All the stuff we do on the East Wing, from the clothes I wear to [family dogs] Bo and Sunny to Malia and Sasha and grandma, those were five extra approval points that he got, because we provided a balance.