By NOA HALFF FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 12:28 EST, 15 December 2024 | Updated: 12:32 EST, 15 December 2024
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Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were spotted enjoying an intimate dinner at a trendy Los Angeles restaurant on Saturday.
Exclusive photos obtained by the DailyMail.com captured a relaxed-looking Barack and smiling Michelle as they exited the ultra-chic Mother Wolf restaurant, a celebrity hotspot that has become a magnet for Hollywood’s elite, after a cozy dinner together.
Michelle, beaming in a silk top and knit cardigan, flashed a wide smile as the couple emerged from the restaurant, surrounded by a protective detail of Secret Service agents.
Barack, appearing calm and collected, walked closely beside his wife as waiting fans and admirers crowded around.
The calm outing comes on the heels of a chaotic election season that has seen the Obamas face scathing criticism from unexpected quarters.
Just last month, Barack’s own biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner David Garrow, delivered a bold assessment of the couple’s political missteps.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Garrow accused the former First Couple of ‘talking down’ to voters and delivering ‘tone-deaf and clueless’ messaging that potentially harmed Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign.
Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were spotted enjoying an intimate dinner at a Trendy Los Angeles restaurant on Saturday
Exclusive photos obtained by the DailyMail.com captured a relaxed-looking Barack and smiling Michelle as they exited the ultra-chic Mother Wolf restaurant, a celebrity hotspot that has become a magnet for Hollywood’s elite, after a cozy dinner together
Michelle, beaming in a silk top and knit cardigan, flashed a wide smile as the couple emerged from the restaurant, surrounded by a protective detail of Secret Service agents
The biographer went so far as to suggest the criticism could reduce Barack Obama’s political relevance to ‘Bill Clinton levels.’
‘People do not want to be talked down to, no matter who they are,’ the 71-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner said.
‘I thought it was tone-deaf and clueless for them to preach as they did,’ he told DailyMail.com.
‘I would expect that perception will be shared by lots of people. If so, I think it reduces their relevance to Bill Clinton territory.’
Garrow wrote the 2017 biography Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama. He won his Pulitzer for an earlier book on Martin Luther King.
He predicted that the Obamas will now largely vanish from the political scene to hang out with celebrities on Martha’s Vineyard’.
Garrow said electoral rout has left Obama, 63, ‘nervous’ about the impact Trump could have on how he is seen by future generations.
‘He has been and remains extremely concerned and nervous about his historical legacy,’ he said.
‘That has certainly taken a big hit with Trump once again triumphing.’
Barack, appearing calm and collected, walked closely beside his wife as waiting fans and admirers crowded around
One of the major pillars of Obama’s political legacy is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which brought health insurance to millions and outlawed denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Obama has been intensely aware of Trump’s repeated attempts to repeal the law.
Trump issued an executive order in 2017 aimed at rolling it back, but failed to push the plan through Congress.
He called the act ‘lousy’ and said he was working to replace it during his presidential debate with Harris in September.
