In response to a question in which Winfrey asked the first lady if she felt her husband's presidency has brought the hope that it promised to the American people, Michelle Obama said she believes it has and that post Election Day, she's seen a change in American sentiments.
"We feel the difference now," she told Winfrey. "See, now we're feeling what not having hope feels like."
She never mentioned President-elect Trump by name.
Saturday, during Trump's final rally of 2016, he addressed Michelle Obama's comment.
"Michelle Obama said yesterday that there's no hope," Trump told his supporters. "But I assume she was talking about the past, not the future, (because) I'm telling you, we have tremendous hope and tremendous promise."
He went on to compliment the first lady and said that he believes her comments may have taken out of context.
"I actually think she made that statement not meaning it the way it came out, I really do," he said. "Because I met with President Obama and Michelle Obama in the White House ... She could not have been nicer. I honestly believe she meant that statement in a different way than it came out.”
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