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Donald Trump has started his campaign trail as he looks to be elected for a second term as US President in the White House. Earlier this week, the former First Lady was named as the most admired woman in the world in 2019, replacing Hollywood actress and humanitarian Angelia Jolie at the top of a YouGov poll which interviewed 42,000 people from 41 countries. Mrs Obama also savaged Mr Trump after more controversial tweets caused worldwide condemnation, telling him the US was everyone’s, regardless “where we are born”.

She was responding to comments the US President made on Twitter telling the likes of Somalian-born Democrat Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib to “go back” to their “broken and crime infested” countries. Writing on Twitter, she said: "What truly makes our country great is its diversity. "I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. "Where we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for us all.

Michelle Obama has been tipped by Piers Morgan to challenge Donald Trump in the elections

“We must remember it’s not my America or your America. "It’s our America.” Now Mr Morgan has claimed the former First Lady and chat show host Oprah Winfrey could be the only two Democrats to unseat Mr Trump as US President. The television personality, who was the only journalist to be granted an interview with Mr Trump during his state visit of the UK last month, has endorsed Mrs Obama and Mrs Winfrey as possible Presidential contenders.

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If you ask me, the two names who can beat him. They would be Michelle Obama or Oprah Winfrey, if they could be persuaded. I'm totally serious Piers Morgan

Speaking on BBC’s political programme This Week, he said the Democrats will need star power to be successful in next year’s elections. Mr Morgan said: "They are going to be in a position that party, when they will be desperate for someone who can actually beat Trump. “If you ask me, the two names who can beat him. They would be Michelle Obama or Oprah Winfrey, if they could be persuaded. I'm totally serious. "I think they have the star power, I think they have the television quality that you need to be a candidate these days, I think they have the universal appeal. They've got balls of steel."

Piers Morgan also backed Oprah Winfrey to challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 elections