Old Trump Tweet About French Gun Control Re-Appears, Causes Sensation

A January tweet from Donald Trump after the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris inexplicably made its way onto the GOP presidential contender's Twitter feed Friday – triggering a Twitter storm in response to its seeming insensitivity.

Isn’t it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2015

The confusion was exacerbated when the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud, angrily responded: "This message is repugnant in its lack of any human decency. Vulture."

The tweets – both from Trump and Araud – were deleted, and a new, sympathetic tweet was posted on the Trump feed Friday evening.

My prayers are with the victims and hostages in the horrible Paris attacks. May God be with you all.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2015

But it did little to calm the storm of controversy, leaving one poster "Wondering which of Trump's celebrated staffers advised him to send incredibly insensitive #ParisShooting gun control tweet?"