Donald Trump commemorated Hispanic Heritage Month during his Rio Rancho, New Mexico, rally Monday evening.

“Yesterday marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. Who is Hispanic?” he said to loud applause, pausing for a few moments.

As he has previously at many rallies, Trump touted Hispanic American employment and poverty numbers.

Monday night’s crowd here is diverse, with many supporters holding “Latinos for Trump” signs distributed by the campaign encouraging attendees to text “VAMOS” to a designated number.

“Viva Trump,” a pastor said after delivering the invocation earlier Monday, prompting raucous applause from the crowd.

Then Trump went on a weird tangent, and called out his adviser Steve Cortes, and mentioned that me might not actually be Hispanic, since he looks like more of a WASP than Trump does.

Trump referred to Cortes as a “WASP,” the abbreviation for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

“He happens to be Hispanic, but I’ve never quite figured it out because he looks more like a WASP than I do,” Trump said.

Trump continued that “no one” loves Hispanics or this country more than Cortes and asked him during the rally who he likes more.

“He says the country, I don’t know,” the president said. “I may have to go with the Hispanics to be honest with you. We’ve got a lot of Hispanics.”

The president went on to praise Mexico’s efforts to assist in border enforcement, which commenced after Trump threatened the country with punishing tariffs. Border apprehensions have plunged as a result of that assistance, administration officials said, citing the latest data from the Department of Homeland Security.

Trump is looking to find the next Wisconsin or Michigan — states that Democrats generally win in presidential elections but that can surprise under certain conditions, as they did in 2016. Also on the Trump team’s shortlist: Nevada, New Hampshire and Minnesota.

New Mexico has not tilted toward a Republican in the presidential election since 2004. Trump captured just 40 percent of the state vote in 2016.

WATCH:

Trump remarks on how white Steve Cortes looks for being Hispanic, then bizarrely asks him, "Who do like more — the country or the Hispanics? He says the country … I may have to go for the Hispanics to be honest … we love our Hispanics." #wut pic.twitter.com/W37pDuKL12

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2019