While they may not come right out and say it, President Barack Obama’s media fan club is sure to count the president among the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Brussels.

In the process of checking off one of the key legacy items on his bucket list, Obama was in the midst of his “historic” trip to Cuba to hang out with communist dictator Raul Castro when Islamic State terrorists had the audacity to follow up on the attack in Paris by striking Belgium.

Huffington Post senior politics editor Sam Stein came close to admitting that the president was a victim of Tuesday’s attack while lamenting on social media that Obama’s trip was being “overshadowed” by the terrorists:

Obama just can’t move his focus away from the Middle East/terrorism. His Cuba trip now overshadowed by today’s events.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 22, 2016

The idea expressed by Stein that poor Obama just can’t catch a break prompted plenty of snark on social media … here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:

@samsteinhp That’s what happens when you ignore terrorism for 8 effing years. Hint: it won’t just go away & leave us alone.

— Colorado REDTraci (@goptraci) March 22, 2016

@samsteinhp Liberal writer whines that Brussels attack “overshadowing” Obama’s wonderful tributes to murderous Cuban communism.

— Warner Todd Huston (@warnerthuston) March 22, 2016

@samsteinhp Poor guy. It’s almost like being POTUS is a full time job. Like malevolent actors in the world don’t care about his “Legacy”.

— Jimmy #NeverTrump (@jneutron1969) March 22, 2016

@samsteinhp yes, all the dead and injured in Belgium, but POTUS real victim, here. #DumbAss

— Sailor Chick ’95 (@strinam) March 22, 2016

@samsteinhp You think @POTUS will be all right? Poor guy. #brussels

— Ben Crystal (@Bennettruth) March 22, 2016

@Shanksalot It’s those damn obstructionist Republicans again! Totes! @samsteinhp

— Kevin Scott (@KAggie97) March 22, 2016

@samsteinhp

I know. The nerve of those innocent victims getting murdered while Obama is vacationing in Cuba. How rude.

— JimNorden (@NordenJim) March 22, 2016

It’s enough to make a hack journalist weep over his hero’s misfortunes. #prayforsam https://t.co/UCeHBooqKl

— Megawatt Herb Drench (@mdrache) March 22, 2016

Poor guy can’t even go to a baseball game with a bunch of commies without people expecting him to do his job smh https://t.co/6Yap46Gx1F

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 22, 2016

My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Obama’s political strategy team. https://t.co/KLxCjVTP1G

— L (@OrwellForks) March 22, 2016

@RichardGrenell @samsteinhp What a shame to have a lovely Havana vacay overshadowed by Islamofascism! Can’t this POTUS just get a break?!

— A9e is Adrien (@a9e) March 22, 2016

@RichardGrenell @redsteeze @samsteinhp What will this do to Obama’s NCAA brackets? That’s the real question.

— Never Forget (@Me_In_Jersey) March 22, 2016

@iowahawkblog So sad when terrorism gets in the way of his photo ops

— Doug Ragan (@dougragan) March 22, 2016

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