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Donald Trump calls Manchester bomber (and many, many other people) 'losers'

Jessica Estepa
USA TODAY

President Trump on Tuesday insisted that "evil losers" was the best way to describe those responsible for the bombing that killed some 22 people at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

"I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term," Trump said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. "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. And we’ll have more of them. But they’re losers. Just remember that." The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on the 21,000-seat Manchester Arena on Monday night. 

Calling terrorists "losers" is an idea Trump has had before. Back in November 2015, the president tweeted, "The media must immediately stop calling ISIS leaders "MASTERMINDS." Call them instead thugs and losers. Young people must not go into ISIS!"

But calling people "losers" is a term Trump throws around rather liberally, and not just for terrorists. Here's a comprehensive list of other people and groups the president has considered a loser on Twitter (all before he took office):

1. Standard & Poors bond and credit rating

2. Rosie O'Donnell

3. Washington Post columnist George Will

4. Cher

5. Salon

6. Huffington Post

7. Journalist Tim O'Brien, author of 'Trump Nation'

8. Actor Richard Belzer

9. GOP consultant Karl Rove

10. Scottish farmer Michael Forbes

11. Scottish resident David Milne

12. Scottish whiskey Glenfiddich

13. English businessman Alan Sugar

14. 'Vanity Fair' editor Graydon Carter

15. Deadspin

16. The GOP

17. Business magnate Mark Cuban

18. Republican strategist Ana Navarro

19. Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin

20. Writer and producer Danny Zuker

21. Journalist Philip Crowther

22. Patch

23. Journalist Tina Brown

24. Scottish politician Alex Salmond

25. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

26. Sint Maarten politician Sarah Wescot-Williams

27. New York Daily News

28. Political consultant Frank Luntz

29. Russell Brand

30. NBC's Chuck Todd

31. National Review's Jonah Goldberg

32. Politico

33. Conservative commentator S. E. Cupp

34. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush

35. New Hampshire newspaper Union Leader

36. GOP consultant Cheri Jacobus

37. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas

38. Journalist Mary Kissel

39. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

40. Conservative organization Club for Growth

41. CNN commentators

42. Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol