Story highlights Donald Trump took issue with a supporter's complaints about "Zionist Israel" on Thursday

He did not push back when a woman complained of TSA staffers wearing "heeby-jobbies"

Washington (CNN) Donald Trump's trade speech Thursday veered off course when he didn't stop a woman who, while pointing to her head, objected to the "heeby jobbies" worn by some employees at the Transportation Security Administration.

The comment during a town hall in New Hampshire was an apparent reference to hijabs, or headscarfs, that some Muslim women wear.

When the woman urged him to replace Muslims with U.S. military veterans at TSA, Trump said, "And we are looking at that," seemingly indicating he was considering a new policy.

He was more pointed in response to a questioner who told Trump he's "opposed to wasting our military in the Middle East on behalf of Zionist Israel."

Trump told the man: "Israel is a very, very important ally of the United States and we are going to protect them 100% -- 100%. It's our true friend over there."