Former US President Barack Obama celebrates his 60th birthday on August 4th. What has he been doing since moving out of the White House?
Barack Obama will turn 60 on August 4th. The lawyer and politician was elected 44th US President in 2009 – and his slogan “Yes we can” is world famous. During his tenure, he campaigned for education, health care and civil rights, among other things. In 2017 Donald Trump (75) succeeded him as President of the United States. What has Obama been doing since leaving the White House?
Barack Obama and the family
Barack Obama has been married to his wife Michelle (57) since 1992 and has two daughters Malia (23) and Natasha, called Sasha (20). Both of them went their own way after moving out of the White House: The oldest studied at the renowned Harvard University and has now graduated. For Barack Obama, letting go of his daughter was an emotional moment, as he explained in a public appearance in 2017. “I was proud that I wasn’t before [Malia] cried “. On the way back from university, however, he” sniffed “and” blown his nose. “” It was tough, “said Obama.
In June 2019, Malia’s younger sister Sasha graduated from the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC. She is studying at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. During the presidency, Michelle and Barack Obama struggled with marital problems, as he revealed in 2020. Today her love is deeper than ever before.
Barack Obama and Netflix
As early as the end of 2016, rumors surfaced that Barack Obama would enter into a deal with Netflix after his time in the White House. This plan became official in May 2018: The streaming service announced, among other things, that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle had “signed a multi-year contract for the production of films and series for Netflix”. “Possibly” are also documentary series, documentaries and feature films.
In the course of this, the Obamas founded their own production company, Higher Ground Productions. The first Netflix film project was released in August 2019. The documentary “American Factory” is about the development of the Chinese auto glass manufacturer Fuyao in the USA and even received an Oscar award. Other projects included the documentary “Becoming – My Story” (2020) about the life of Michelle Obama and the ex-first lady’s cooking show “Waffles + Mochi” (2021) for children.
Higher Ground Productions is also planning the film adaptation of the biography “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” about the fighter against slavery of the same name in the 19th century. A feature film is also currently in production: “Worth” is based on the memoir “What Is Life Worth” by star lawyer Kenneth Feinberg (75), actors include Michael Keaton (69) and Stanley Tucci (60).
Barack Obama and politics
After living in the White House, Barack Obama initially did not comment on political issues and did not interfere in the presidency of his successor Donald Trump. In the 2020 election campaign, however, the Democrat raised his voice again and promoted his former Vice President Joe Biden (78). In a video he declared his support for the future US president. When Biden actually won the election against Donald Trump, Obama was one of the first to congratulate him. “I couldn’t be more proud to congratulate our next President Joe Biden and our next First Lady Jill Biden,” wrote the 60-year-old.
Barack Obama and his other projects
In addition to his production company, Barack Obama also has other projects, including his charitable work. He continues to run the Obama Foundation, which was founded in 2014 and works for ethnic minorities. In addition, the former US President is planning the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which will also contain his presidential library. The center should be inaugurated in 2021, but construction is currently being delayed.
In 2020 Barack Obama published his memoir “A Promised Land”. He also discovered podcasts for himself: his production company cooperated with Spotify in 2020 and developed his wife’s “Michelle Obama Podcast”. In 2021 Obama started his own format: In “Renegades: Born in the USA” he talks to his friend Bruce Springsteen (71) about the divided America, modern masculinity, marriage and friendship, among other things.
For his 60th birthday, Barack Obama is apparently planning a big party at his ten million euro property on Martha’s Vineyard. The invited guests should include some very prominent personalities, including Oprah Winfrey (67) and George Clooney (60).
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