The President said he was more confident than ever that the will
existed for nations to work together against the terrorists.
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed satisfaction at the results of his first overseas trip, the U.S. Department of State, has said.
Trump
spoke to service members and their families at the end of his first
overseas trip as president, and he detailed the trip to them, according
to the Department.
“Our travels took
us to some of the holiest sites in the three Abrahamic religions, and to
gatherings of both America’s oldest and newest friends.
“We
traveled the world to strengthen longstanding alliances, and to form a
new partnership among nations devoted to the task of eradicating the
terrorism that plagues our planet,” Trump said.
The
President said he was more confident than ever that the will existed
for nations to work together against the terrorists that launched recent
attacks in Manchester, England, and in Egypt.
“Together,
civilized nations will crush the terrorists, block their funding, strip
them of their territory, and drive them out of this Earth,” Trump told the service members.
Trump’s
first stop on the trip was in Saudi Arabia, where he spoke at a summit
of the leaders of more than 50 Muslim and Arab nations.
His
second stop was in Israel and Palestine, where he met with Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas.
The U.S. leader said he believes both Netanyahu and Abbas sincerely wanted peace in the troubled region.
The
president then stopped in Rome and met with Pope Francis: “It was truly
an honour to meet the Pope and to pray for peace on those hallowed
grounds,” he said.
Trump then moved on to
Brussels for a NATO summit, saying he got a commitment from allies to
increase their defense spending, and the alliance itself committed to
joining the coalition against terror.
Finally, he attended the G-7 Summit in Taormina, Italy. “I
called for much greater security and cooperation on matters of both
terrorism and immigration migration to protect our citizens,” he said.
“The
president believes he has ‘paved the way for a new era of cooperation
among the nations of the world to defeat the common enemy of terrorism
and provide our children with a much more hopeful future’.”
“And American service members provide much of the security and strength that will be needed against the terrorists.
“I want you to know that you have a commander in chief who will never, ever forget,” he said. “Never, ever”.
“My
pledge to you is that we will always protect those who protect us. You
are protecting us, and we will always remember that, and we will always,
always protect you,” Trump, who returned to Washington DC at 9 p.m. Saturday, said.
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