(CNN) After the United Nations released an independent report this week that concluded Saudi officials killed and dismembered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Trump reacted in a way true to his character. He ignored it.

Michael D'Antonio

Trump said nothing about a Saudi intelligence officer referring to Khashoggi as a "sacrificial animal" while another official described how the journalist would be butchered, according to the report. He said nothing about the way the consulate was scrubbed to destroy evidence. He said nothing about the near certainty determined by the UN report that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had -- at the very least -- prior knowledge of a criminal mission against Khashoggi, which was carried out by a 15-man team in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

The UN report on Khashoggi's murder returns the world's attention to the state-sponsored terrorism practiced by an American ally and reminds us of the President's inability to respond with empathy in the face of such horror -- especially if it's inconvenient to do so.

Whether it's the brutal execution of a single individual or the death of thousands in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, Donald Trump does not seem moved unless the victims fit a certain profile. If a tragedy doesn't involve obvious Trump allies or supporters, then it doesn't seem to get his sincere attention.