While raising the curtain on their paintings at the White House

Obama makes jokes, and his "serious" wife makes a political speech

Barack Obama and his wife unveiled the two official plaques that represent them.

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Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, lifted the curtain at the White House, the day before yesterday, the two official plates that represent them, and the former president was very cheerful, while the former first American was very serious during the revival of this tradition of political courtesy that only Donald Trump deviated from.

With the phrase "Welcome back!" with which incumbent President Joe Biden and his wife, belatedly greeted by an entire presidential term, he revived a tradition that all American presidents honor their ancestors with their wives at the Presidential Residence, the 1,600th building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The president and his wife, Jill Biden, recalled at length the eight years he was Vice President under Barack Obama, noting their friendship.

"We used to count on you, and I still count on you," he said.

And Michel addressed Obama, saying, "He wouldn't have been able to do this without you," stressing the ties that developed between the two families.

The 79-year-old Democratic president addressed Obama, saying, "You were by my side when my son was dying."

Obama delivered a eulogy at the funeral of Beau Biden, who died after a battle with cancer.

"You'll never realize how much that meant to me and a generation," Biden said.

In the Robert McCurdy painting, Barack Obama is shown standing with his hands in the pockets of a dark suit.

As for Michelle Obama's painting by Sharon Sprang, the former first lady appears sitting on a sofa in the "Red Room" of the White House.

As for Barack Obama, who is known for his rhetorical fluency, he made a number of jokes about his time in the White House and about the painting that represents him, noting, for example, that the artist did not hide his white hair and did not reduce the size of his ears.

Obama also praised his former vice president, describing him as a "true friend."

"Joe, America is very lucky to be president," he said to applause.

On the other hand, Michelle Obama's speech carried much more political connotations than her husband's, as she emphasized the symbolism of these two paintings, as they represent the first black president of the United States and the first African American "first lady."

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