Barack Obama's
half-brother, who was best man at the president's wedding, has disclosed that
he will vote for Donald Trump in November.
Malik Obama, 57, an
accountant in Kenya, used to live in Maryland and is still registered to vote there.
He planned to travel
back to cast his ballot for the Republican candidate.
Mr Obama said the
key reason for his decision was the scandal over Hillary Clinton's use of a
private email server while she was his half-brother's Secretary of State.
He was also
"disappointed" at her over the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the
Libyan leader, who was a personal friend.
Mr Obama, who has
several wives, also told the New York Post: "I feel like a Republican now
because they don’t stand for same-sex marriage, and that appeals to me."
He added: "I
like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart."
Mr Obama and the
president and the president had the same father but a different mother
and the two men first met in 1985.
Seven years later he
was best man when the future president married his wife Michelle
in Chicago.
Reacting to the news
Donald Trump said: "Wow, he was probably treated badly by the president
like everybody else." It came as the president launched a scathing attack
on Mr Trump's "lack of preparedness" for the presidency.
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