Trump responds to New York terror act, calling attacker 'a very sick and deranged person"

• President Donald Trump reacted to what law enforcement sources suspect could be a terrorist attack in New York City.
• The attack left at least eight people dead.

President Donald Trump responded in a tweet on Tuesday to an attack that left at least eight people dead when a driver drove a truck through a bike lane in Manhattan.

"In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person," Trump tweeted. "Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!"

In a press conference on Monday evening, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed that at least eight people were dead, and decried the incident as a terrorist attack.

"This was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians," De Blasio said at a press conference.

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