Who is to “blame” for the rise of Donald Trump? It’s a question that pundits across the ideological spectrum have been attempting to answer for months. And now the pontificator in chief, Barack Obama, has weighed in with his own theory of the real estate tycoon’s political success.

According to Politico, while addressing donors in California last week, Obama asserted that Trump is simply a more charismatic embodiment of the congressional opposition he has faced from Tea Party conservatives and their House Freedom Caucus since 2011. Trump has been “saying the same things that these members of the Freedom Caucus in the House have been saying for years,” he said, “In fact, that’s where Trump got it. … He said, ‘You know what? I can deliver this message with more flair, with more panache.'”