Michelle Obama Makes Face Meeting Trump at Inauguration

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Michelle Obama’s Awkward Facial Expressions Are the Fuel Keeping Twitter Alive

By Madison Malone Kircher

Michelle Obama. Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

Prior to the inaugural swearing-in ceremony, Donald and Melania Trump were greeted in front of the White House and welcomed inside for tea and coffee with Barack and Michelle Obama. Melania handed Michelle a gift, which looked, from the telltale blue box, to be something from Tiffany & Co., and the two couples stood and posed for a series of photographs before heading inside.

Peaceful transition of power aside, it looked awkward as all hell. And Twitter pounced.

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