We were a normal family.
A young couple who had
dreams of trying to
impact the world and my husband
just happened to be elected
president and we had to,
kind of, adjust.
When we came into
the White House,
we were living on
the south side of Chicago
in our house with our neighbours
and the whole thing
just kept getting bigger and bigger
and bigger and you're just trying
to live your life through all this
weirdness that is
your husband's rise
but we were always ourselves.
That's one of the things I said
during the course of the last campaign
as a hopeful reminder to our
voters in the US.
That the presidency doesn't change
who you are, it reveals who you are.
k[Cheering/applause]
We were standing in line and she
had on a beautiful ...
I'm sure it was covered in diamonds
and a crown and, you know,
you sort of look and go:
"all of that is real!"
You know?
[Laughter]
You're going "that's nice",
but it's all real
and in the gloriousness of that
outfit that she had on,
she put on the little bitty pin
we gave her.
And I did the same thing.
I was like: "Wow, you wore the pin?"
[Laughter]
And she just said:
"Mmmhmm, yes."
[Laughter]
That was my experience.
That has been my experience,
that kind of warmth
and graciousness and
intelligence and wit.
I like her.
This trepidation, the anxiety,
I mean, it's everywhere.
It's all over the world.
For sure we're seeing it.
We're seeing it played out
in our country
and all over the place
but here's the thing
I was thinking on the drive
here from the hotel to the arena.
I was looking out over the city
of London, beautiful city,
and the thing I love about it
is that it is truly representative
of true international diversity
in ways that you don't see
in cities, most cities, even in
the United States.
[Cheering/applause]
And that's a gift.
