Donald Trump said he's not 'morally obligated' to defend Obama

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Donald Trump responded to the backlash Saturday about his failure to correct a town hall supporter who wrongly described President Obama as Muslim on Thursday. Trump also came under fire for assuring the same supporter he was "looking into" getting rid of Muslims.

Trump then turned the attack back on President Obama.

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And he suggested he would've gotten backlash no matter what he did.

Like many of Trump's rants, this one ended by calling Obama, who actually is a Hawaiian-born Christian despite what people think, a "horrible" president." Julie Kliegman

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.