Though the hosts of The View could agreed that former first lady Michelle Obama has no “obligation” to attend Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday, their theories about why she made her decision to skip it prompted a heated debate that left most of the hosts feeling “aggravated.

The former First Lady will not be present to see Donald Trump get sworn in, but why? Here is everything we know so far.

The cohost was unabashedly irritated about the state of affairs and let her opinions fly loud and clear during the first “Hot Topic” discussion of Michelle Obama’s decision not to attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration next week.

Michelle Obama’s decided to ditch Donald Trump’s inauguration to avoid fake celebrating for the sake of “protocol.” “There’s no overstating her feelings about [Trump]. She’s not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol’s sake,

Reflecting on going to Trump’s first inauguration after being in the White House for eight years, she said on her show The Light Podcast in 2023: “To sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display, there was no diversity, there was no color on that stage.

The former first lady had offered no explanation for her decision not to attend next week's swearing-in ceremony.

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