Donald Trump is defending his inaction in correcting one of his supporters who brazenly referred to President Obama as a Muslim at a recent tall hall rally in New Hampshire.

The early leading Republican candidate to replace Obama in 2016 took to Twitter on Saturday to respond to all the mounting criticisms against him.

In a series of four tweets, Trump began by posting, "Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? I don't think so!"

Trump added he's thoroughly convinced that if someone made a "nasty or controversial" statement about him to Obama, the president would not be leaping to defend him.

Trump also marked the occasion by yet again finding fault with the media.

"The media would have accused me of interfering with that man's right of free speech," Politico reports he offered in further justifying why he wasn't so quick to jump to the president's defense.

Over the years, Trump has been a central figure among those advancing the seemingly baseless theory that the president was not born in the U.S. As recently as in July, he let it be known that his position had not changed.

On Thursday, Trump quietly looked on as the New Hampshire town hall supporter boldly stated, "We have a problem in this country, it's called Muslims. Our current president is one. We know he's not even an American. We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That's my question, when can we get rid of them?"

In addition to White House officials, Trump's actions drew the publicly expressed ire of fellow presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie.

As for the questioner, Trump eventually responded, "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."