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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Bernadette B. Tixon

'It Frustrates Her': Barack Obama Opens Up About the Toll His Anti-Trump Stance Has Taken on His Marriage

Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. Obama has since admitted that his continued political involvement has created tension in their marriage. (Credit: vargas2040/WikiMedia Commons)

Barack Obama has revealed that his continued involvement in politics — and specifically his opposition to Donald Trump — has strained his marriage to former First Lady Michelle Obama.

In a candid interview with the New Yorker, the 44th president acknowledged that Trump's actions have drawn him back into the political arena 'more than I would have preferred,' and that this compulsion has not come without personal consequences at home.

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