Story highlights Donald Trump backed away somewhat from his previous linkage of President Obama to Muslim terrorists

The presumptive GOP nominee hinted at it last week

Washington (CNN) Donald Trump said Monday he doesn't believe President Barack Obama is sympathetic to Muslim terrorists, despite seeming to hint at the prospect last week.

"I don't believe it," Trump told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly when asked if he thought Obama "may be sympathetic to Muslim terrorists" during an interview aired Monday night.

"I do say, though, when I see a deal like was made with Iran, this horrible, horrible deal where we're giving them back $150 billion ... We're getting almost nothing out of it," he said, referring to the Iran nuclear deal struck by the Obama administration. "They're going to end up with their nuclear weapons and lots of other things whenever they want. And then I see the way he treats Israel. I say, 'Wow ... there seems to be a double standard.' I'm not happy about it."

But last Monday, Trump seemed to suggest that Obama had an ulterior motive concerning how he addresses and handles terror attacks, because he does not say the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism."

"We're led by a man who is very -- look, we're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind. And the something else in mind, you know, people can't believe it," Trump had said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "People cannot believe, they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and he can't even mention the words 'radical Islamic terrorism.' There's something going on. It's inconceivable. There's something going on."

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