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A strategist for a super-PAC supportive of Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE said Sunday there is an "otherness" to President Obama.

"I think the big question about Obama is not where he was born or his faith. The big question about Obama is has he been — has he considered himself more of a globalist than an American," Alex Castellanos said on NBC's "Meet The Press."

"There is an otherness to this president. And people have tried to exploit that politically in different ways," he said, accusing the Clinton campaign of spreading the "birther" conspiracy.

Castellanos said Trump's efforts to cast doubt on Obama's birthplace do not constitute racism.

On Friday, the GOP nominee declared President Obama was born in the U.S. after perpetuating the birther issue for some time.

Castellanos, who works for Rebuilding America Now super PAC, later defended his comments on Twitter.

He defined otherness as "not faith or race but his cool detachment, intellectual distance + oblig to global v. US responsibilities" and attempted to further clarify what he meant by using the term.

otherness: not faith or race but his cool detachment, intellectual distance + oblig to global v. US responsibilities https://t.co/gjBgpp3YCy — Alex Castellanos (@alexcast) September 18, 2016

wrote of it before: "Gifted with intellectual ability and cool detachment, Pres Obama…” https://t.co/irzhVPeifJ https://t.co/vIQMIdg53d — Alex Castellanos (@alexcast) September 18, 2016

john, others have noted noted obamas aloofness/detachment, i.e., “otherness”. you disagree?https://t.co/rAHQK1AJ28 https://t.co/zf2zv1jYnS — Alex Castellanos (@alexcast) September 18, 2016