Yahoo News Donald Trump calls Manchester Arena attack perpetrators 'evil losers'
Donald Trump says the perpetrators of the Manchester arena attack are "evil losers".
Speaking on Tuesday morning after a meeting in Bethlehem with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the US President said he would not call terrorists "monsters".
Standing alongside Abbas, Trump said an agreement with Israel could "begin a process of peace all throughout the Middle East."
"My thought are with the people of Manchester after this terrible terrorist attack. They were evil losers," he said.
"I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that was a great name. I will call them losers from now on. And we’ll have more of them. But they’re losers, just remember that.
"This is what I’ve been talking about these last few days during my trip. We can have no tolerance for this continuation of bloodshed."
Manchester police say an apparent suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device at the end of Ariana Grande's concert.
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Police raised the death toll to 22 early Tuesday, and dozens more have been reported injured.
Mr Trump said the attack preyed on "innocent children." He says this "wicked ideology must be obliterated. And I mean completely obliterated."
"Civilized nations must join together to protect human life," he said.
Mr Trump was speaking on his fourth and final day in the Middle East. After meetings with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, the president has been pushing the prospect of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
The White House said Trump was being kept updated on the attack in Manchester by his national security team.
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