President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE said Hispanic Advisory Council member and prominent Latino pro-Trump commentator Steve Cortes "looks more like a WASP than I do" during his rally in New Mexico on Monday night.

Trump referred to Cortes as a "WASP," the abbreviation for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, at his rally in Rancho Rio, N.M.

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"He happens to be Hispanic, but I've never quite figured it out because he looks more like a WASP than I do," Trump said.

President Trump asks his supporter Steve Cortes in the middle of the rally: "Who do you like more, the country or the hispanics? He says the country, I dont know. I may have to go with the hispanics to be honest with you. we've got a lot of hispanics." pic.twitter.com/cuFg0hF9qf — Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) September 17, 2019

Trump continued that "no one" loves Hispanics or this country more than Cortes and asked him during the rally who he likes more.

"He says the country. I don't know," the president said. "I may have to go with the Hispanics, to be honest with you. We've got a lot of Hispanics."