Washington DC, March 12 -- US president Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) expressed solidarity with the Jewish community in Michigan following reports of an attack at a synagogue in the Detroit area.

Speaking at a Women's History Month event at the White House, the US president said he had been fully briefed on the situation and described the incident as "terrible."

"Before we begin, I want to send our love to the Michigan Jewish community and all of the people in Detroit, the Detroit area, following the attack on the Jewish synagogue early today," Trump said.

"I've been briefed, fully briefed, and it's a terrible thing, but it goes on. We're going to be right down to the bottom of it. It's absolutely incredible that things like th...