Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump painted what many have called a dark picture in his convention speech Friday night, portraying an America in decline and a world in chaos.
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“Wow, President Obama’s brother, Malik, just announced that he is voting for me”, Trump tweeted Sunday. “Was probably treated badly by president-like everybody else!”
If Malik Obama does get his wish and meets Trump, he’ll have to ask him what the Republican Party’s views are on polygamy.
He plans on traveling to Maryland to vote for Trump, as he is registered to vote in the state.
Malik plans to trek back to the USA to vote for Trump in November.
Malik Obama, a longtime Democrat, says he won’t back Hillary Clinton for several reasons. including her email scandal, same sex marriage and Moammar Khadafy.
Malik’s announcement could be seen as a dig at his famous relative Barack, who has publicly backed Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton to take over from him after the November election.
“She should have known better as the custodian of classified information”, said Mr Obama. It wasn’t until 1985 that the Obama brothers met in person.
The president’s and Malik’s father, Barack Obama Sr., left Kenya in 1959 when Malik was a year old and his mother was pregnant with his sister Auma. “He wanted me to shut it down when I set it up”.
The president also didn’t lift a finger to help him as he ran for governor of a Kenyan county named Siaya in 2013.
“That appeals to me”, he said.
Obama said his decision was prompted by a “deep disappointment” in his brother’s administration.
“My brother didn’t help me at all”, he told the Post of the charity that came under fire in 2011 for not having tax exempt status at the time.
“Honestly, I’ll be happy when my brother is out of office, and I will finally be out of the limelight and be able to live like a human being”, he continued.
Until then, Obama wears his new GOP colors proudly; He even has a “Make America Great Again” hat.
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The advent of smartphones to capture police shootings of black men in places such as Minnesota and Louisiana has highlighted racial tensions that are not new, he said.
