Donald Trump repeated his call for 'profiling' of people who might pose a terror threat, but said authorities should not target people by faith but instead go after people who 'look suspicious.'

Trump made his pitch for the controversial policing tactic in an appearance on the 'O'Reilly Factor,' hours after making a sustained case for profiling in a televised appearance Monday morning just as authorities closed in on the alleged bomber.

Host Bill O'Reilly asked Trump if he was worried about millions of 'peaceful muslims' becoming victim of a backlash, and that he might be 'lumping everybody into the terror jar.'

'First of all, I never said the term Muslim,' Trump responded. 'You said that. I’m saying you’re going to profile people that maybe look suspicious. I didn’t say they were Muslims or not. You said that, Bill.'

Asked how the profiling would work, Trump said, 'I don’t know. These are experts. That’s what they do, they profile.'

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Germain Arena in Fort Myers, Florida. He is calling for 'profiling,' but said it should not involve religion

'You go to Israel – and you should study. Israel has done a phenomenal job at this and they profile. They’re not happy about it, but they do it. And people aren’t complaining about it, but we have to profile. We have to look at who’s coming into our country.'

O'Reilly said almost all of the terror attacks are being committed by 'Muslim fanatics,' and observed: 'You’re not gonna be profiling guys with leather jackets and blue eyes at this point.'

'Honestly, whatever it is, but I’m not using the term Muslim,' Trump said. 'I’m saying you’re going to have to profile. We’re going to have to start profiling. I don’t know if it that’s bad, but certainly it’s not a wonderful thing.'

'We have a country to keep safe and we’re not going to keep our country safe. We see this happening and you know and I know it’s going to get worse – unless I’m president,' he added.

Trump, who has a track record of using a team of lawyers to protect his interests whenever they are threatened, then said bomb suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami might have been kept off a terror watch list because of his propensity to sue, a reference to lawsuits he filed charging discrimination reported by DailyMail.com.

Trump campaigned in Ft. Myers, Florida on Monday night, hours after authorities arrested a suspect in the New York bombing

“The guy over the chicken stand brought litigation a lot of litigation against different people,' he said in reference to Rahami.

'I’ll bet you that’s why he was on no list. He was on no list they probably didn’t want to put him because they didn’t want to get sued. They probably saw he was a litigious guy and they don’t want to get sued so they left him alone. Who knows what the reason is. But whatever the reason is it’s no good.'

'We have to end this. It’s horrible and one thing I will say, I think they have gained great respect for ISIS and the leaders of ISIS and you see it all the time. They’re being radicalized and Bill, it’s going to get worse with this administration certainly with the way it’s gone and with Hillary Clinton who is so weak.'

Hillary Clinton said Monday that Trump's rhetoric 'has been seized on by terrorists'

'I get a kick where Hillary Clinton says I will this and I will that – what’s she been doing for the last 30 years. Number one she voted for the war, but what’s she been doing for the past 30 years?' Trump said.

Hillary Clinton blasted Trump Monday for some of his rhetoric. 'We know that a lot of the rhetoric we've heard from Donald Trump has been seized on by terrorists,' Clinton said. 'We're going after the bad guys and we're going to get them but we're not going to go after an entire religion,' she added.

Clinton said millions of Muslims and naturalized citizens were 'law-abiding' people.