Former President Barack Obama revealed “the thing we were good at” during his time in office was making decisions “with the American people in mind.” The 44th president discussed if there were anything he would’ve done differently as president, knowing what he knows now, during a rare joint interview with his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, on Good Morning America on Wednesday.“I always used to feel like I was making a mistake a day,” the Democrat said while chuckling. “The thing that we were good at, and allowed me to sleep at night and get up and go back at it, was...I always felt that when we made decisions, we were making decisions with the American people in mind,” he said. The Obamas sat down with GMA’s Robin Roberts at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, a museum telling the story of America’s first Black president and First Lady, ahead of its opening this weekend.Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama sat down for a rare joint interview ahead of the Obama Presidential Center’s opening weekend (Getty)The 44th president admitted in the interview that while in office, he felt like he was making ‘a mistake a day’ (Good Morning America/ABC News)“There’s a lot of stuff I’m proud of,” the former president said of his eight years in office. “For all the resistance from our political opposition, the Affordable Care Act has now helped 50-60 million people, and continues to help people even though the current Congress is trying to weaken it and take away some of the subsidies that were really helping a lot of working people.”“The thing I’m probably most proud of is the tone we set. I’m very proud of the message we sent to the country. We’re representing everybody,” he added. Roberts then asked the Obamas if the movement of hope that they started — noting the former president’s campaign slogan — could happen again today. “It could always happen,” the former First Lady insisted. “People just have to be fed up enough. They have to want more. And I think the presidential center will hopefully remind people just how close we are to moving this country in the direction we want to move it in.” Michelle Obama noted there’s an exhibit in the museum about how many people thought her husband winning the election could never happen, telling Roberts, “That a Black man, a Black family, would never live in the White House. That America would never accept that.” “Lo and behold, the whole country — the vast majority of the country — believed differently,” she said. The former president spoke about his decision after leaving office to “pick and choose” when to speak up about things, noting there are “some folks that would like to see me out every day, banging the drum.” “What I’ve tried to do is move from player to coach,” he said, noting his foundation looks to encourage the next generation of leaders. This is a breaking news story, check back for updates...
Barack Obama reveals ‘the thing we were good at’ in interview with Michelle on GMA
Former President Barack Obama said he used to feel like he was ‘making a mistake a day’ as president












