Alex Castellanos, a strategist for a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC, both went after Hillary Clinton‘s campaign for touching on President Obama‘s “otherness” before, well, agreeing with the premise of “otherness.”

Castellanos first attempted to blame birtherism on Hillary Clinton‘s people and dodged when Chuck Todd asked him about Trump playing that card for five straight years after Obama released his birth certificate.

Castellanos complained how unfair it is that Trump is getting treated unfairly on this issue, before going on to argue that actually, the question about Obama is less to do with his place of birth and more to do with this:

“Does he consider himself more of a globalist than an American? There is an otherness to this president, and people have tried to exploit that politically in different ways.”

He later defended himself on Twitter:

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

perhaps because a lot of journalists have written about BO’s detachment/otherness too? https://t.co/rAHQK1AJ28 https://t.co/Cw2eSEMRvD — Alex Castellanos (@alexcast) September 18, 2016

actually, aloofness refers to being distant, aloof or separate from people. unless you think everything is re: race? https://t.co/Yc43xJDIv1 — Alex Castellanos (@alexcast) September 18, 2016

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