--- title: Michelle Obama Reveals Gift From Melania Trump description: Michelle Obama finally reveals what was in the Tiffany gift box from Melania Trump at the inauguration on Ellen. canonical: https://time.com/5126863/michelle-obama-gift-from-melania/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-31T15:54:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:26:50.000Z og:title: Michelle Obama Explains the Tiffany Box From Melania Trump og:description: It's the answer everyone wanted to know og:url: https://time.com/5126863/michelle-obama-gift-from-melania/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf64ea2dfb98148ca/6988fa13096a94cc096a14d9/michelle-obama-melania-trump-inauguration-tiffany-box-gift.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-OBAMA-TRUMP-INAUGURATION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama Explains the Tiffany Box From Melania Trump twitter:description: It's the answer everyone wanted to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf64ea2dfb98148ca/6988fa13096a94cc096a14d9/michelle-obama-melania-trump-inauguration-tiffany-box-gift.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is What Was in That Tiffany Gift Box Melania Trump Gave to Michelle Obama ## Video: Barack and Michelle Obama Welcome The Trumps [Watch (HLS stream): Barack and Michelle Obama Welcome The Trumps](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dZ2rP8du.m3u8) (1:33)  _Published 2017-01-20. The nation’s capital on Friday awoke to the traditions that coincide with every presidential inauguration, taking the final steps toward a peaceful transition of power, hours before Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:26 PM UTCPublished: Jan 31, 2018 3:54 PM UTC  US President Barack Obama(R) and First Lady Michelle Obama(2nd-L) welcome Preisdent-elect Donald Trump(L) and his wife Melania(2nd-R) to the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017\. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) US President Barack Obama(R) and First Lady Michelle Obama(2nd-L) welcome Preisdent-elect Donald Trump(L) and his wife Melania(2nd-R) to the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017\. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:26 PM UTCPublished: Jan 31, 2018 3:54 PM UTC Of the many buzzworthy moments of [Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration](http://time.com/president-donald-trump-inauguration-day-photos/) last year, one of the highlights was incoming First Lady [Melania Trump](http://time.com/4972038/melania-trump-fashion-photo-gallery/) giving [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4632217/michelle-obama-influential-fashion/) a large gift box from [Tiffany & Co.](http://time.com/4961278/breakfast-at-tiffanys-script/), a gesture that inspired [memes galore](http://time.com/4756946/best-memes-2017-so-far/) about what exactly the robin blue gift box might contain. Now, however, the suspense is over, because Michelle Obama is personally divulging what was in the Tiffany box from Melania Trump. During an appearance on _The Ellen Degeneres Show_, Obama not only shared that she received a “lovely frame” from Melania and that while the exchange might have appeared a little awkward, it was just because of security protocol. > [](https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/958741581909184512) > [](https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/958444366179155968) Mystery solved! 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