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Health drive' First Lady dines on ribs while on ski trip

President Obama has been accused of having double standards after appealing for Americans to sacrifice their holidays just days before his wife and children went on a costly skiing trip.

First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are on a ‘private family trip’ to Colorado for Presidents' Day Weekend.



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During their stay at the resort it has emerged the First Lady ate ribs.

Local newspaper The Vail reported The first lady went to Restaurant Kelly Liken on Saturday night and ate a pickled pumpkin salad and a braised ribs.

The family are staying at the upscale Sebastian Hotel on Vail Mountain,

The trip came just days after the President tried to sell his cost-cutting budget to the American people by asking them to stay at home.

‘If you’re a family trying to cut back, you might skip going out to dinner, or you might put off a vacation,’ he said.





In August it cost taxpayers an alleged $375,000 for her security detail - and two flights on Air Force One - on a holiday to Spain with her daughter, Sasha, and 40 friends.


A motorcade of about a dozen vehicles, including at least 15 police officers, traveled from Eagle County Regional Airport to Vail on Friday night when the presidential party arrived.


Roads were temporarily closed to make way for the cavalcade, which arrived at the hotel at about 9.30pm.

No public events have been scheduled for the visit.



‘The First Lady and several close family friends are chaperoning their children on a ski trip.