
You have to wonder about the type of person who think of saying something like this.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 50 people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire in Pulse, an LBGT nightclub in Orlando.
A further 53 people were taken to hospital as a result of what is now being classified as the worst shooting in US history, and largest domestic terrorist attack since September 11, 2001.
In sad times like this, political figures are supposed to show signs of leadership and solidarity; Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the US Presidency, decided to congratulate himself for having seen it coming.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742034549232766976
This tweet by singer Gabrielle Aplin summed up the flavour of many of the responses.
https://twitter.com/GabrielleAplin/status/742048213969031168
Trump's tweet of congratulations was preceded by one in which he offered his sympathies for the victims and his families.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742019961946791939
It was followed by calls for the immediate resignation of Barack Obama if he didn't mention the words "radical Islamic terrorism" in response to the Orlando shooting.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742053354189299712
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, gave the following response to the tragic events of Sunday morning.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/742068030620962817
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/742069363340107777
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/742070501032534017
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/742071728118059009
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/742072889860579329
Many people have called out Trump for taking such a tactless approach in the aftermath of the crisis.
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/742040261077786626
https://twitter.com/TheFix/status/742186817596870657
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/742035786913218560
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/742039524314845184
https://twitter.com/Kevin_Maguire/status/742209093482516480
https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty/status/742036365324472320