Malik Obama told The Associated Press he thinks Trump has a lot of energy and is very straightforward.
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“I feel like a Republican now because they don’t stand for same-sex marriage, and that appeals to me”. “I speak my mind and I’m not going to be put in a box just because my brother is the President of the United States”, Malik told Reuters. “I am Muslim, it’s something God would not approve”.
Since 1952, Democratic and Republican presidential candidates have traditionally received intelligence briefings after securing their party’s nomination. The president’s father was Kenyan. “When he became president there was a lot of excitement and there was a lot of hope that he would do many things for us and the country”, he said.
Many wondered why Malik made a decision to be a Judas to his own brother despite Obama’s track record speaking for itself to Americans and the world at large.
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In a term evidently aimed at Donald Trump, President Obama said Wednesday night that “homegrown demagogues” – along with fascists, communists and jihadists – threaten American values but would ultimately fail. He was unhappy that his half-brother did not endorse him. However, Malik expressed several deep disappointments with his half-brother that included the administration’s support for same-sex marriage, the killing of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy, clearing the former First Lady from her email controversy, and even Barack’s lack of support when Malik ran for governor of Siaya County in Kenya three years ago and lost. All his children except Malik and the youngest, George Obama, live in Britain or the United States.
