--- title: Michelle Obama on Donald Trump: Watch the Full Speech description: Watch the full video of First Lady Michelle Obama's impassioned, searing response to Donald Trump's comments about women. canonical: https://time.com/4531476/watch-michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-14T15:59:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:36.284Z og:title: Michelle Obama Took Down Donald Trump. Watch the Full Speech og:description: "It has shaken me to my core," the First Lady said og:url: https://time.com/4531476/watch-michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta600efcf90c27adf/6988a9f9524fc063d7df9d99/michelle-obama-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Campaign 2016 Michelle Obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama Took Down Donald Trump. Watch the Full Speech twitter:description: "It has shaken me to my core," the First Lady said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta600efcf90c27adf/6988a9f9524fc063d7df9d99/michelle-obama-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Michelle Obama Take Down Donald Trump In Full  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 14, 2016 3:59 PM UTC  First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Oct. 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Oct. 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.Jim Cole—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 14, 2016 3:59 PM UTC First Lady Michelle Obama delivered an[ impassioned, searing response](http://motto.time.com/4530246/michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/) on Thursday to Donald Trump’s comments about women that surfaced in [a leaked 2005 _Access Hollywood_ tape](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/?iid=sr-link3). “I have to tell you that I can’t stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn’t have predicted,” [she said](http://motto.time.com/4530580/michelle-obama-donald-trump-comments-sexual-assault/). “It is cruel. It’s frightening. And the truth is, it hurts. It hurts. It’s like that sick, sinking feeling you get when you’re walking down the street minding your own business and some guy yells out vulgar words about your body.” Watch her full speech above, and [read the transcript here](http://motto.time.com/4530580/michelle-obama-donald-trump-comments-sexual-assault/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4531476/watch-michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4531476/watch-michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/"},"headline":"Watch Michelle Obama Take Down Donald Trump In Full","datePublished":"2016-10-14T15:59:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:36.284Z","description":"\"It has shaken me to my core\"","url":"https://time.com/4531476/watch-michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/","keywords":["motto","2016 Election topic","Michelle Obama","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta600efcf90c27adf/6988a9f9524fc063d7df9d99/michelle-obama-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta600efcf90c27adf/6988a9f9524fc063d7df9d99/michelle-obama-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Campaign 2016 Michelle Obama","caption":"Campaign 2016 Michelle Obama","creditText":"Jim Cole—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4531476/watch-michelle-obama-donald-trump-speech/","name":"Watch Michelle Obama Take Down Donald Trump In Full"}}]}] ```