All eyes were on Donald Trump this morning as he took the oath of office and became the nation’s 45th president. All the eyes that weren’t on outgoing first lady Michelle Obama, that is.
As Michelle Obama sat through the inauguration ceremony, she seemed to waver between an attempt at a poker face and a Jim Halpert impersonation, gazing into the camera with a look of exasperation that seemed to speak volumes.
Michelle Obama’s lack of a poker face is probably one of the greatest things ever.
— Kiara (@KiaraSimonee) January 20, 2017
After eight years in the public eye and a very emotional weeklong farewell tour, can you blame her? There’s no doubt she had plenty of thoughts racing through her head as she reentered life as a private citizen. Just, you know, some of those thoughts were also worn pretty plainly in her expressions.
Here are some of Twitter’s favorites.
same, @MichelleObama pic.twitter.com/rrUBWrsDrZ
— tyler oakley // schedule pinned (@tyleroakley) January 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Vulnerable/status/822547547147341826
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/822542803871956992
The arc of Michelle Obama’s side-eye shade bends toward justice pic.twitter.com/HCjC9Ham4W
— De Mockracy (@brentinmock) January 20, 2017
I’m just here for the Michelle faces tbh pic.twitter.com/27U39vhRCK
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) January 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/heavenrants/status/822501386189438978
Michelle looking directly at America…
“Yall dumb.” pic.twitter.com/UYCAHARLOK
— 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷 ✭ (@Novem18er) January 20, 2017
Michelle’s face was the best part of that ceremony. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/0oTHniMrY4
— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) January 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/OfficeScenes/status/822526328394158081
I will forever appreciate that Michelle Obama gives us a crisp 25 minutes of faking it before her face can’t hide that she’s ready to go.
— kid fury (@KidFury) January 20, 2017
Though she and Barack are taking a vacation to Palm Springs, they’ll be back in action at the Obama Foundation upon their return. Keep an eye on Michelle’s newly reclaimed Twitter handle, @MichelleObama, for all of her faces and thoughts over the coming four years.
