AP Photo Trump doesn't correct man who says Obama is Muslim

Confronted with a questioner who called Muslims a "problem" and asserted that President Obama is a Muslim and not American, Donald Trump did not correct him on Thursday night.

"We have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims. Our current President is one. We know he’s not even an American,” said a questioner at a town hall in New Hampshire. “We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That’s my question, when can we get rid of them?”


“A lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. We’re going to be looking at that and a lot of different things,” Trump responded.

Trump has been a leading proponent of the discredited theory that Obama was not born in the United States.

"The media wants to make this issue about Obama. The bigger issue is that Obama is waging a war against Christians in this country. Christians need support in this country. Their religious liberties are at stake," a Trump campaign spokeswoman said in an email.

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton hit back at Trump on Twitter, tweeting: "Donald Trump not denouncing false statements about POTUS & hateful rhetoric about Muslims is disturbing, & just plain wrong. Cut it out. -H”