President Donald Trump’s initial response to the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy was a bit unorthodox even for the unprecedented administration. Early Tuesday morning, Trump took to his Twitter and wrote, simply: “17 years since September 11th!” The public was understandably outraged at the immediate reaction.

Donald Trump has never landed on his feet talking about 9/11. He has made his share of faux-pas when it comes to discussing such an event. His responses are often insensitive or outright braggadocios. We can look to 2013, when he wrote: “I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.” Trump’s difficulty approaching this sensitive day spans even further back to the very day of the attack. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, he took to a New York radio station WWOR and asserted that his 71 story skyscraper, Forty Wall Street “was actually the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan… And now it’s the tallest.” These dangerous assertions like “I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey where thousands and thousands of [Muslim] people were cheering as that building was coming down,” must because for such a modest acknowledgment.

Perhaps a double-fist-bump and a five-word exclamation are superior to replies-past.