"Israel is a very, very important ally of the United States," the presumptive Republican nominee declared Thursday. | Getty Trump rejects 'nasty' anti-Israel comment at town hall

Donald Trump, answering questions at a New Hampshire event, dismissed one man's assertion that the United States should quit supporting Israel.

“Now I have two comments on my deep respect for human life, OK?" said the voter, who Trump had introduced as the last person to ask a question at the event. "You can comment on my objections ... Number one, I’m opposed to the murder of unborn babies being legal. Number two, I’m opposed to our wasting our military in the Middle East on behalf of Zionist Israel.”


Trump responded to the second statement first.

“Let me just tell you that Israel is a very, very important ally of the United States," the presumptive Republican nominee declared. "And we are going to protect them 100 percent. 100 percent. They’ve been our most reliable, they’re our true friend over there and we’re going to protect Israel 100 percent."

As far as his comment on abortion, Trump remarked, "We're with you."

“One more. We gotta ask one more, because that was a tough question on Israel. That was nasty. Whoa. Are we all for Israel, right? Man," Trump said, to cheers.

The man raised his right fist from his seat and shouted, "We're for America."

“We’re for America, too, I agree," Trump said.

After taking a few more questions, Trump got in another dig at Hillary Clinton.

“And you think Hillary Clinton would ever do a news conference on this, totally unvetted?" Trump asked the crowd gathered outside the shuttered Osram Sylvania factory. "And by the way, speaking of unvetted, we’re going to take care of our vets. Just remember that.”