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US President Donald Trump said Monday that he would announce his nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court by the end of this week.

“I think it’ll be on Friday or Saturday,” Trump told Fox and Friends.

“We will have probably services on Thursday or Friday, as I understand it. … We should wait until the services are over, for Justice Ginsburg, and so we’re looking probably at Friday, or maybe Saturday,” he said.

The president added that he would choose from a list of five potential nominees.

“I’d rather not say but there are two fantastic people. So I’m looking at five – probably four – but I’m looking at five very seriously. I’m going to make a decision on either Friday or Saturday, I will announce it either Friday or Saturday.”

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday night at her home in Washington DC. She was 87.

Ginsburg died of complications relating to metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Ginsberg was the first Jewish woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court, where she served for 27 years and where she gained the nickname 'Notorious R.B.G' for her dissenting opinions.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement eulogizing Ginsburg as one of the "great judicial leaders of our time."

"I join the American people in mourning the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the great judicial leaders of our time. She was proud of her Jewish heritage and the Jewish people will always be proud of her."