Michelle Obama on Trump, Beyoncé, and life after the White House

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Michelle Obama on Trump, Beyoncé, and life after the White House
Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks onstage at The 2017 ESPYS. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Ten times out of nine Michelle Obama has proven to be one of the most inspiring, straight-up coolest women to ever enter the White House — and she's still got it.

The former FLOTUS came back into our lives on Wednesday to speak at the 2017 Inbound marketing conference about everything from successful managing to her favorite song off Beyoncé's iconic album, Lemonade.

We are not worthy.

Though no livestream of the event was offered, according to attendees live-tweeting, Obama spent the morning dropping mad wisdom while chatting with Roxane Gay. NBD.

Here are some of Michelle Obama's best quotes from the event:

On a future female president

Hillary Clinton may have lost the 2016 election but Obama is sure a woman will take on the role as president in America's future — so sure in fact she's using the term "first spouse" rather than "first lady."

On Donald Trump

Michelle threw some shade toward the current tweeter-in-chief in the classiest way, while simultaneously reflecting on her husband's time in the White House.

When asked about Trump, Obama began by acknowledging the fact that he is our commander-in-chief and encouraged everyone to stand for what they believe in and vote in the future. "He was voted in. You know, we may not like it but ... " she said.

She went on to compare how her husband handles things to how Trump does, mainly in regards to Twitter. "What we've learned is that part of our legacy is leading with grace and being humble," she said. "We have to balance how we're going to respond in this position. Figure out when to fight, how to fight, when to say things, because you can't just be the talking head."

"Barack is not going to just turn into what this president was, which is someone tweeting in the wind and stirring up mess without really knowing what they're talking about," Obama continued.

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On missing the White House

We may miss Michelle in the White House but rest assured, the feeling is not mutual. Obama told Gay she's perfectly content with her life post-FLOTUS.

On women and their worth

"Men, I love you. But hang in there for this one ..." the former FLOTUS said before speaking directly to the women in the room.

Obama shared encouragement to all women who have been "socialized to think their voices don't matter" in life, touching upon workplace value and speculating that sometimes men take up too much space.

You go, girl!

Her favorite Lemonade track

There's no denying Michelle Obama and Beyoncé are tight. They hang out together like it's NBD and the former FLOTUS never passes up the opportunity to dance to The Queen's songs — but Obama closed the panel by answering one very important question: "What's your favorite track from Lemonade?"

Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to inform you Michelle Obama can't get enough of "Love Drought" either.

Thanks for the new memories, Michelle. We miss you!

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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