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'Wish you weren't here.' The state of Obama's 'alleged' birth prepares to welcome Trump

HONOLULU - There's a popular postcard of Hawaii that shows the blue waters of Waikiki Beach and the famed Diamond Head with the greeting "Aloha" - a symbol of the open-arms, easygoing way of life touted by the state.

But this week, a different image has spread around the islands through fliers and social media. It shows the same picture with a green scoreboard: "Hawaii 3, Trump 0" - a nod to the state's judicial defeats of the president's travel ban - under the words, "Wish you weren't here."

When President Donald Trump arrives in Honolulu on Friday, he'll be in enemy territory. This is still Obama country, a place where the former president was born and raised, and tourists

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