Michelle Obama seems to take subtle jab at Trump, then quickly clarifies

Former first lady Michelle Obama offered lots of advice during the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago this week, and at least some of her words seem to suggest she might not think the current president's Twitter habits are particularly mature.

While taking a range of questions in front of a 500 person audience, Mrs. Obama spoke about the importance of parenting as a process of “raising adults” not “raising children,” and had plenty to say about social media.

“You don’t tweet every thought. Most of your initial thoughts aren’t worthy of the light of day”

But she was quick to point out that she did not necessarily have any particular politician in mind.

“And I’m not talking about anybody in particular. I’m talking about all of us because everybody does that," she quickly said.

Mrs. Obama, a Harvard trained lawyer, also spoke of social media as “a powerful weapon we just hand over to little kids.”

And even with a character limit, Mrs. Obama also asks that our tweets have proper spelling and grammar too.

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