Obama's half-brother accepts Donald Trump's invitation to final debate
Donald Trump finally found an Obama born in Kenya, and is bringing him to the final presidential debate.
President Obama's half-brother, Malik Obama, will be Trump's guest Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Malik Obama is an American citizen who lives in Washington, D.C., when he's not in Kenya. He told The New York Post 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."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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