On Tuesday, Donald Trump, along with Melania, Ivanka, and Jared, traveled to Pittsburgh following Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. A visit by a sitting president in the wake of a devastating event is, of course, fairly standard and often welcomed—Barack Obama, for example, spoke at a vigil in Newtown, Connecticut, two days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school, comforting the families that had just suffered an unthinkable tragedy. In this case, however, things were a little different! On Monday, Mayor Bill Peduto said he had tried to “get a message out to the White House” that it would be better if the president stayed in Washington, while thousands of people signed signed a letter written by a Jewish group based in Pittsburgh telling Trump he wasn’t welcome. That probably had something to do with the fact that the president blamed the victims following the attack, insisting that the shooting had nothing to do with gun laws and that “If they had some kind of a protection inside the temple maybe it could have been a very much different situation.” That the president has refused to disavow white nationalist and anti-Semites, and, some say, emboldenedthem, may also have been a contributing factor.

Unfortunately, Trump has never been one to take a hint, and chose instead to ignore the pleas of a grieving community. That resulted, unsurprisingly, in protests, at least one victim’s family refusing to meet with him, and dismay on the parts of local officials who said the community “didn’t think this was the time for a political photo shoot,” especially given “the divisive nature of [the president’s] rhetoric.” But as far as Trump is concerned, the visit was a rousing success! Because from his vantage point, he was treated with the deference and respect he thinks he deserves, and didn’t have to personally witness anyone telling him to GTFO, which happened often enough.

The president did not give any formal remarks—as you can see in the bizarre highlight reel produced by the White House above—but if he had, presumably they’d involve the words, “Remember, Pittsburgh, at the end of the day, it’s all about me.”