US President Donald Trump condemned the recent wave of suspicious packages containing explosive devices which were sent to many prominent US figures in the past week, in a statement delivered from the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday.

Trump said he was "extremely angry, upset, unhappy about what we witnessed this morning" and added that the "full weight of our government is being deployed to conduct this investigation and bring those responsible, for these despicable acts to justice"

The same day the suspicious package containing a potential explosive device addressed to the Washington DC home of former US President Barack Obama as well as CNN headquarters in New York City, was discovered by the Secret Service.

The suspected bomb is thought to be linked to one sent to the upstate New York residence of Hillary and Bill Clinton on Tuesday.

All the devices were intercepted during standard screening processes before being delivered to their intended targets. Authorities believe the packages are also connected to the explosive device that was discovered at the New York City home of the prominent Democratic party donor George Soros earlier in the week.