First lady Michelle Obama said she’s opening the door to Melania Trump to help her transition into living in the White House and being the first lady.
In an interview with CBS, Obama said she learned from Laura Bush’s gracious welcome to the East Wing was a model for her to follow.
“My offer to Melania was, you really don’t know what you don’t know until you’re here,” she said. “The door is open, as I’ve told her, and as Laura Bush told me and as other first ladies told me.”
Obama said she spoke to Trump about what it’s like to raise children in the East Wing and continues to discuss the process. Trump plans to move into the White House a few months after President-elect Trump takes office to allow her son, Barron, to finish school in New York.
“I’m not new in this ‘going high’ thing,” Obama said. “I’m modeling what was done for me by the Bushes. Laura Bush was nothing but gracious.”
