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Trump offers condolences for Manchester bombing victims while condemning 'evil losers' with 'wicked ideology'

"This wicked ideology must be obliterated, and I mean completely obliterated, and the innocent life must be protected."

President Donald Trump addressed the bombing in Manchester, England, before his remarks alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has addressed the deadly attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, labeling it a terrorist act he said was carried out by "evil losers."

"I would like to begin by offering my prayers to the people of Manchester," Trump said Tuesday morning at a news conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. "I extend my deepest condolences to those so terribly injured in this terrorist attack and to the many killed, and the families, so many families, of the victims.

"We stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom."

At least 22 people were killed and at least 59 more were injured in Manchester on Monday night when a bomb went off at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.

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The Manchester police indicated that one person who died in the explosion was believed to be behind the attack, using an improvised explosive device.

Trump used the news conference as an opportunity to call the person or people behind the attack "evil losers."

"So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life," Trump said. "I won't call these people monsters, because they would like that term. They would think that's a great name.

"I will call them, from now on, losers. Because that's what they are: They're losers."

Trump had already been focusing on terrorism during his trip through the Middle East, which has so far included stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia.

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"Our society can have no tolerance for this continuation of bloodshed," Trump said. "We can not stand a moment longer for the slaughter of innocent people, and in today's attack it was mostly innocent children.

"This wicked ideology must be obliterated, and I mean completely obliterated, and the innocent life must be protected."

The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, confirmed Tuesday morning that Trump spoke with UK Prime Minister Theresa May "to offer condolences and support on behalf of the US."

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