Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump declined Thursday to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly stated that President Barack Obama is Muslim and said he'd be "looking at" claims of terrorist training camps on American soil.
Trump, who has a history of making controversial remarks about immigrants and other groups, was kicking off a town hall event in Rochester, New Hampshire — his first since Wednesday evening's second Republican primary debate.
"We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims," said the first man Trump called on to ask a question. "We know our current president is one. You know he's not even an American."
Trump, who was a driver of the "birther" movement that claimed Obama wasn't born in the U.S, first responded with feigned exasperation — "We need the question," he said, to laughs — but let the man continue.
"We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That's my question," the questioner continued. "When can we get rid of it?"
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Trump did not dispute the man's assertions and said he'd heard others raise the issue.
"We're going to be looking at a lot of different things. And you know, a lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there," said Trump. "We're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things."
The incident evoked a moment during the 2008 campaign when Republican nominee John McCain took the microphone away from a woman who said she didn't trust Obama because he was an "Arab."
Trump's questions about the president's country of birth helped build his stature among some conservative voters and pushed Obama to release a copy of his birth certificate in 2011. But the billionaire businessman has distanced himself from the issue during his current run.
Donald might want to avoid going down this particular road of discussion. There is not a rational person in the electorate that believes Obama was born outside the United States. This is a "loser" argument for Trump.
"We're going to be looking at a lot of different things. And you know, a lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there," said Trump. "We're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things."
how is this idiot a legitimate contender for the presidency?
"We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims," said the first man Trump called on to ask a question. "We know our current president is one. You know he's not even an American."
Jesus just when you think a person can't get any stupider than Donald, one of his supporters opens their mouth
Their are Muslim terrorist cells in the US. Do you deny that?
Anyways, non story in my opinion. Unless Trump says it himself, it's not fair to peg that viewpoint onto him.
what he said isn't even confirming or denying that, it's literally just generic gibberish. not something an articulate person should be saying, let alone the leader of the free ****ing world
foh w/ any kind of Trump support, you're useless if u find validity in any of his messages
Not surprising he's TRASH! The fact tht he stood there and let some fringe lunatic generalize a whole group of people is pathetic! But I hope the republicans nominate him, the Dems would rip him apart in a general election lol
"We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims," said the first man Trump called on to ask a question. "We know our current president is one. You know he's not even an American."
People haven't abandoned this ******** racist and Islamophobic "conspiracy theory" yet?
There is not a rational person in the electorate that believes Obama was born outside the United States. This is a "loser" argument for Trump. 
