Former US president Barack Obama’s half-brother Abon’go Malik Obama declared that he can be voting for Donald Trump within the upcoming presidential elections.
“I’m Malik Obama. I am a registered Republican and I am voting for President Donald Trump,” he wrote in a put up on X.
I’m Malik Obama. I am a registered Republican and I am voting for President Donald Trump.
— Malik Obama (@ObamaMalik) September 4, 2024
Obama’s brother has supported Trump towards Democratic presidential candidates that the previous president backed within the final two elections, together with Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
Speaking to The New York Put up, Malik Obama mentioned that he preferred Trump as a result of he “speaks from the guts.”
“Make America Nice Once more is a good slogan, I wish to meet him [Trump],” he mentioned.
Prior to now, Obama’s half-brother has labelled him a “deep disappointment” and blamed Hillary Clinton for his departure from the celebration.
Malik Obama, who has additionally been a featured visitor of the Trump marketing campaign in 2016, mentioned he was “110% nonetheless with Trump”.
An accountant by career, Malik Obama was the very best man at Obama’s wedding ceremony to Michelle Robinson in 1992 and even visited the White Home throughout his half-brother’s time in workplace.
“I caught with Barack Obama all via his presidency, till I noticed he was all about himself,” Malik posted on X in 2022. “That is once I ditched him for President Trump.
The 2 half-brothers held a cordial relationship earlier than Obama. Nonetheless, that they had a falling out after Malik Obama launched a charity referred to as the Barack H. Obama Basis however did not register it and lied about it being a tax-exempt organisation.
He additionally added to the conspiracy idea, unfold largely by Donald Trump, that claimed that former president Obama was not born within the US and was a Kenyan citizen. On the time, Malik Obama shared a faux picture of a start certificates, dated from earlier than the 1964 institution of the Republic of Kenya, that purportedly confirmed his half-brother was born outdoors the US.
Malik Obama has been vocal on social media about his conservative views on same-sex marriage and abortion. “We Need Extra Infants. My President,” he posted on X final month after Trump pledged that if elected his authorities would pay free of charge IVF therapies