Manchester and Egypt attacks steel our resolve to crush terrorists and drive them out of this earth, says Trump

'Together civilised nations will crush the terrorists, block their funding and strip them of their territory,' the President says

Donald Trump has said that terror attacks such as those seen in Manchester and Egypt "steel our resolve" to "crush the terrorists and drive them out of this Earth".

With trouble facing him back home, Mr Trump ended his nine-day overseas journey - including trips to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Europe - in dramatic fashion on Saturday, addressing US troops at a campaign-style rally.

"We travelled the world…to form a new partnership among nations devoted to the task of eradicating the terrorism that plagues our planet," Mr Trump said.

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"The barbaric attack in Manchester and the massacre of innocent young lives underscores the depth of the evil we face and the urgent need for us to join forces to absolutely and totally defeat it," he added.

He then moved onto the attack in Egypt on Friday, claimed by Isis, where more than 20 Coptic Christians were killed.

"These murderous attacks steel our resolve. Together civilised nations will crush the terrorists, block their funding, strip them of their territory and drive them out of this Earth," he said.

Mr Trump flipped traditional U.S. foreign policy upside down on his tour through the Middle East and Europe, coddling Middle Eastern leaders with questionable human rights records while demanding traditional European allies pay more for their defence.

Mr Trump said he had helped forge more international cooperation in the fight against Islamist militants, a threat he said was underscored by a suicide bomber in Manchester, England, and the killing of Coptic Christians in Egypt.

In the hangar at Naval Air Station Sigonella, which is also on Sicily, Trump was introduced by his wife Melania, who has raised eyebrows during the trip by twice flicking away her husband's hand when he tried to hold hers.

“My husband worked very hard on this trip and I am very proud of him,” she said.

Mr Trump called his first foreign trip a "home run"

“It was a tremendously productive meeting where I strengthen American bonds,” he said. “We have great bonds with other countries and, with some of our closest allies, we concluded a truly historic week.”

Reuters