Trump to invite Obama’s half brother as guest in last debate
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will be inviting President Barack Obama’s half brother, Malik Obama, to sit in his corner during the last presidential debate which will take place on Wednesday night.
In July, Malik Obama revealed that he will be voting for the Republican presidential candidate.
In an interview with The New York Post from his home in Kogelo village, Siaya County, Malik, a long-time Democrat said he has “deep-disappointment” in his brother Barack’s administration and that turned him to support “the party of Lincoln”.
Malik Obama is an American citizen who lives in Washington, D.C when he’s not in Kenya.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT
In the interview with The New York Post he said he supports the Republican nominee, and is “excited to be at the debate. Trump can make America great again.”
Trump said he’s also looking forward to meeting Malik, who “gets it far better than his brother.”
Malik is three years older than the president, and runs The Barack H. Obama Foundation, named after their father.
He said he last saw his brother in August 2015, and their reunion was “a hands-off kind of thing, very businesslike, very formal.”
In his 2002 biography dedicated to his father, he said Gaddafi (Muammar) “made the world a better place” and condemned his killing.
“I still feel that getting rid of Gaddafi didn’t make things any better in Libya. My brother and the secretary of state disappointed me in that regard,” he said.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Malik said his switch to the Republican side was prompted by the fact that they “don’t stand for same-sex marriage”.
“I feel like a Republican now because they don’t stand for same-sex marriage, and that appeals to me,” he said.
“Mr Trump is providing something new and something fresh.”
Malik made headlines in 2011 when he married his third wife, who was still in her teens. Malik plans to trek back to the US to vote for Trump in November.
He used to live in Maryland, where he worked for many years as an accountant and is registered to vote there, public records show.
