Obama’s Half-Brother Celebrates Trump’s Win

Hamilton Nwosa
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Malik Obama, the Muslim half-brother of outgoing US President Barack Obama, has taken to Twitter to celebrate Donald Trump’s win against Hillary Clinton.

Malik, who holds American citizenship, surprised many in July when he said that he would be voting for Mr Trump instead of Mrs Clinton, his brother’s preferred candidate.

He was later invited by the Republican candidate as his guest in one of his presidential debates with Mrs Clinton.

After tweeting about Mr Trump’s win, Malik, who has accused the US president for not caring about his relatives in Kenya, sent out another tweet attacking Mr Obama: My two children died while my brother was President; not even simple condolence. Humiliated and demeaned. God Bless!

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