"There's all these young, smart people who are just looking outside with their ideas as leaders get older and older," Obama said.
Michelle Obama said she would be "actively" against her husband, former president Barack Obama, running for a third term even if President Donald Trump did so.
"If Trump does change the law, and runs for a third term, hypothetically, do you think your husband would consider running?" Alex Cooper asked the former first lady on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast Wednesday.
"I hope not," Michelle Obama responded. "I would actively work against that."
She continued, "I would be at home working against it, you know. And maybe a lot of people would be like, 'Good, we don't want him anyway.'"
Despite the 22nd Amendment prohibiting presidents from seeking a third term, Trump has teased the idea via Trump 2028 merchandise. Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has insisted the president could secure a third term.
"He's gonna get a third term," Bannon told The Economist. "Trump is gonna be president in '28, and people just ought to get accommodated with that."
Trump, however, has deferred to the Constitution, saying, "It's pretty clear. I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad, obviously."
Obama told Cooper she believes in "the need for new vision" in the presidency.
"I mean, the two terms is not just about 'we like him and we want him.' It's just like, we're changing and growing so fast," Obama said. "This is a hard job, and it requires new energy, new vision all the time, new ways of looking at the world, right? So, I do believe that eight years is enough."
She asked the podcaster, "Why would we keep going with the same people?" and "How are we going to build young leaders if the same people keep doing it again and again?"
"There's all these young, smart people who are just looking outside with their ideas as leaders get older and older," she added. "You know, the older you get, you just live a different life as an older, established person, and I think there's room for that wisdom, but there's room for new ideas to come in."
She continued, "I think two terms is enough for everybody, and it's not a question of what order. It's just like, we've heard and experienced your ideas. This country is constantly evolving."
Obama, who shares two Gen Z daughters with the former president, praised the newer generation.
"They travel more; they know more about the world. They're exposed in a different way," she said. "Like, I am really, really curious about their perspectives on how to fix some of this stuff. Like, we don’t have all the answers, and that’s OK; that’s why we move on."