Barack Obama's brother asks if Michelle is 'Michael'

Malik Obama and Barack Obama at the president's wedding

Malik Obama, a half-brother to Barack Obama, has been known to throw verbal bombs.

He's at it again.

This time he's wondering about Michelle Obama, Barack's wife.

Is Michelle Michael?

— Malik Obama (@ObamaMalik) March 14, 2019

Malik Obama, who once posted an image purporting to show a Kenyan birth certificate for his brother, asked "Is Michelle Michael?"

The American Mirror blog said it recalled a "conspiracy theory" that the former first lady is a man.

Michelle Obama

Others have made the allegation, including Alex Jones of Infowars,

"Since the early days of the Obama administration, citizens across the board have studied videos and photos of Michelle Obama and said that she is a man," Jones said.

The subject also drew comment from the late Joan Rivers, whose outlandish statements were legion.

On the YouTube page with her video was the comment: "People claim she was joking but you can clearly tell she was dead serious. She doesn't even show any signs of sarcasm."

James Ray added, "She was so awesome, but because she spilled the bean, they killed her."

Rivers died from complications of elective surgery a few weeks after making the comment.

Malik Obama has his own reputation for stirring trouble.

Reported the American Mirror: "In 2017, Malik Obama tweeted an image of what appears to be Barack’s birth certificate. Except it’s not from Hawaii, but rather Kenya."

Surely. What's this? pic.twitter.com/jaczNXTIv0

— Malik Obama (@ObamaMalik) March 9, 2017

Obama's White House in 2011 released an image of a Hawaii birth certificate to show he meets the constitutional requirement that the president be a "natural-born citizen."

Here's the image from Obama: