by nolan d. mccaskill 10/07/16 10:00 am edt the next president<u+2019>s spouse will have a <u+201c>powerful platform,<u+201d> first lady michelle obama said friday. obama, a hillary clinton supporter, has hammered republican presidential nominee donald trump on the trail, warning at a clinton rally in charlotte, north carolina, this week that <u+201c>a president can<u+2019>t just pop off or lash out irrationally,<u+201d> and <u+201c>we can all agree that someone who<u+2019>s roaming around at 3 a.m. tweeting should not have their fingers no the nuclear codes.<u+201d> story continued below but in an interview with al roker of nbc <u+201c>today<u+201d> broadcast friday, the first lady encouraged the next president<u+2019>s spouse <u+2014> whether it<u+2019>s former president bill clinton or melania trump <u+2014> to just <u+201c>do you.<u+201d> <u+201c>in the words of sasha obama, i<u+2019>d say: do you. you know, i would just urge the next person coming into this world to make it your own, because it<u+2019>s believable when it comes from the deepest part of who you are because this is a powerful platform to make a lot of change,<u+201d> she said. the interview was conducted thursday, when obama held her final white house garden harvest. flanked by nba hall of famer alonzo mourning and a handful of elementary school kids, obama harvested sweet potatoes. president barack obama, who made a surprise appearance wearing slacks and a purple tie with his sleeves rolled up, didn<u+2019>t dig in the dirt but cheered on the harvesters and quipped, <u+201c>everybody say vegetables!<u+201d> for the group photo. michelle obama also suggested in the interview friday that when it<u+2019>s time to eat, president obama <u+201c>would argue that he<u+2019>s better at everything,<u+201d> while she<u+2019>s the more experienced chef and has a few tricks up her sleeve. <u+201c>he would argue that he<u+2019>s better at everything, but i was the person who cooked the most,<u+201d> she told roker. <u+201c>i was the family<u+2019>s cook. so i definitely have more tricks up my sleeve.<u+201d> by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
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