Malik Obama, half-brother of former President Barack Obama, may be off the family Christmas card list this year following a shocking announcement—he will be voting for Donald Trump in November. 

Malik and Barack are both sons of Barack Hussein Obama Sr. Malik was the best man at Barack’s wedding in 1992, but they have since grown apart. The divide between them will only widen after Malik threw his support behind Trump in a recent Fox News Digital interview. 

It’s not the first time Malik’s opinion is at odds with his brother. On Monday, he told Fox News Digital that he has been a Trump supporter since 2016 and likes Trump’s style and honesty. Malik thinks Trump is good for the country and has helped it get back on track. 

Years ago, Malik abandoned the Democratic party to become a Republican. He said he left because he was upset with how Democrats treated Trump and handled Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. He used to be a Democrat, but he noticed they were dishonest about emails and trying to get Clinton elected in “sneaky ways.”  

He believes that in 2024, Democrats will use the same underhanded tactics they did in 2016. 

Obama said that Trump has been treated worse than he’s ever seen before. He thinks it’s wrong that Democrats are using the legal system to try to imprison Trump and keep him off the ballot.  

Obama also criticized President Joe Biden and how his party handled the transition to Vice President Harris. He said Biden seemed too old and confused, but he didn’t think Harris was the right choice for the job. Malik suggested that maybe Michelle Obama would have been a better pick. 

Obama said his half-brother Barack Obama and Vice President Harris are “wishy-washy,” especially about abortion and immigration. He criticized them for supporting bad policies, like “reproductive freedom,” which is code for abortion.  

Malik opposes Harris and Biden’s open border policies, especially when the journey to citizenship for him and his family was complicated. In the interview, he talked about how he followed the legal process to become a U.S. citizen and bring his children into the country. He had a green card and went through all the steps to become a citizen, which he found difficult but essential. He is upset that people who enter the country illegally are being allowed to vote, which he strongly disagrees with and cannot support. 

Malik told Fox News Digital that his half-brother, former President Obama, was insincere and didn’t do much for his family. He believes Trump is more appealing because he is honest and direct. He expressed confidence that Trump will win the 2024 election by a large margin. He also thinks Kamala Harris isn’t doing well in interviews. “All she does is laugh and move,” he noted. 

Obama is just one Democratic defector abandoning Harris. Recently, liberal attorney Alan Dershowitz said he is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent. 

In an interview with radio host Zev Brenner, Dershowitz said he is no longer a Democrat but an independent. He explained that several things made him switch, including Vice President Kamala Harris not attending Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in July and what was said at the Democratic National Convention. 

Dershowitz was disgusted by the anti-sematic tone of the DNC. He felt many speakers were against Jewish people and Israel. He mentioned Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Bernie Sanders as examples of people who, according to him, are particularly critical of Jewish people. 

The lawyer also mentioned that if Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro weren’t Jewish, he probably would have been picked as Kamala Harris’ running mate. He said he doesn’t believe Harris is antisemitic or that she didn’t pick Shapiro because he is Jewish. Instead, he thinks she faced a lot of pressure from the more extreme members of the Democratic Party and knew that choosing Shapiro might lead to protests. 

But Dershowitz hasn’t decided whom to vote for in November. “I want to see how they deal with Iran,” he explained, adding, “I want to encourage the current administration to support Israel.”