President Donald Trump himself ignored many of them on his active Twitter feed. | AP Photo Trump's Twitter feed ignored terror attacks that White House claims media neglected

The White House this week attempted to call out the media by releasing a list of 78 terror-related attacks that it said were “under-reported” by news organizations.

But not only did many of these attacks receive extensive press coverage, but President Donald Trump himself ignored many of them on his active Twitter feed.


Trump, whose campaign centered in part on combatting terrorism, did talk at length about some incidents on the stump, such as the December 2015 attack in San Bernardino, California. But in some other cases, Trump’s Twitter feed — which serves as a window into what is grabbing his attention — neglected to mention them.

Here are a few examples.

January 27, 2015: Attack on a hotel in Tripoli, Libya

An ISIS-linked group claimed responsibility for this attack, which involved a car bomb and gunmen killing 10 people, one of them an American. CNN and many other news outlets, including The New York Times and Reuters , covered the deaths.

Trump’s Twitter feed, both the day of the attack and the day after, did not mention it, though he sent out missives complaining about the New York Post and Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly . He also described “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd as “sleepy eyes” and declared the franchise “in ruins.”

March 18, 2015: Bardo National Museum attack in Tunis, Tunisia

Twenty-two people died in this attack, perpetrated by gunmen wearing military uniforms, and more than 50 people were injured. The New York Times ran its story describing the incident as a “blow” to the North African country’s shift toward democracy on the following day’s front page.

Trump, though, did not tweet about the attack on the 18th — coincidentally the day he announced his presidential exploratory committee — or the day afterward. Twitter’s archives show that he spent much of March 18 and 19 responding to messages from early supporters urging him to run for president.

“While I'll miss the Celebrity Apprentice Season 15, I think it's great that @realDonaldTrump will try for the White House,” said one , quoting the user @HORPTyler.

He also tweeted about one of his hotels, touting its “360 degree views” of the New York City skyline.

June 26, 2015: Mass shooting at a resort near Sousse, Tunisia

Thirty-eight people were killed in this shooting, which drew extensive media attention. Several New York Times reporters contributed to the newspaper’s story on the massacre, and the Washington Post followed up with another piece based on witness accounts.

Trump’s Twitter the day of and after the attack did not address it. At that point in campaign mode, he instead insulted Mexico and called for a boycott of Univision, which had dropped Trump’s “Miss Universe” pageant over derogatory comments he made about immigrants.

August 21, 2015: Shooting and knifing on a train in France

Passengers subdued the attacker in this shooting and knifing on a Thalys train en route from Amsterdam to Paris, which resulted in several injuries. News outlets covered the attack, as well as President Barack Obama’s personal call to the Americans aboard who moved to stop the gunman. Two of the three were members of the military.

Trump did denounce another violent incident on Twitter that day — the beating of a homeless man in Boston by two men who cited Trump and his rhetoric on illegal immigration as justification — but he did not mention the train attack in Europe then or the next day.

Among other things, Trump instead tweeted about the size of the crowd at one of his rallies and said POLITICO had reported it inaccurately.

January 12, 2016: Bombing in Istanbul

This suicide bombing killed 13 people and injured more than a dozen others. The New York Times ran multiple stories on it.

That day and over the next two, Trump did not tweet about the bombing, though he sent out several messages about his poll numbers and raised , not for the first time, the question of whether primary opponent Ted Cruz was eligible to run for president. (Cruz was born in Canada.)

More recently, asked on CNN Tuesday why the president did not tweet about a recent attack on a mosque in Quebec, adviser Kellyanne Conway said, “he doesn’t tweet about everything.”

Michael Crowley contributed to this report.