They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but considering the ideological gulf between Barack Obama and his older brother, it almost seems as if they came from different forests. As the subject of numerous negative headlines, it’s fair to say that Malik Obama has been a big pain in the butt for his younger brother.
When GQ visited Malik Obama in his native Kenya in 2013, he wasted no time declaring that he considers himself to be much more than Barack’s half-brother. He admitted that they only spoke once a year, but as he put it,
“Everyone’s referring to us as half, quarter…step, things like that…But this is a streak of ignorance. Here in Africa we don’t think of each other as ‘half’ this or that. In an extended family, someone is your brother even if he is just in your clan. So I…am Obama.”
Malik is indeed an Obama and, according to him, he and the former president actually used to be extremely close. Malik worked in the United States off and on for 14 years, during which time the siblings apparently had a much stronger bond. So strong, in fact, that they were even best men at each other’s weddings. As Malik revealed to GQ,
“Of course we’re close! I’m the one who brought him here to Kogelo in 1988! I thought it was important for him to come home and see from whence his family came, you know, his roots.” Keep watching to learn The Truth About Barack Obama’s Older Brother!
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Formerly close | 0:21
Dashed political ambitions | 1:19
The Barack H. Obama Foundation | 2:32
Raising major red flags | 3:37
MAGA Malik | 4:43
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