Trump had a surprisingly simple reaction to Fidel Castro's death

Four words and an exclamation point.
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Nicole Gallucci
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Former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, died Friday at the age of 90.

When President-elect Donald Trump learned of the news on Saturday morning, he, of course, turned to his favorite social media site to share his reaction with his followers.

In a surprisingly simple tweet, Trump announced Castro's death to the world, like his Twitter account is the political world's obituary page. Of course, it also included an exclamation point.

Trump's tweet offered no elaboration, dramatic adjectives or usual insights into his blunt opinions -- just a simple, four-word-long death announcement.

As Newsweek reported, in the past Trump and Cuba have had a rocky relationship, after he allegedly violated the U.S. Cuban embargo in the 1990s.

During his campaign, Trump also vowed to reverse President Obama's attempts at U.S.-Cuba relations unless "freedoms are restored."

Knowing Trump's history with Twitter, we have a feeling he could have more to say on the passing of Castro.

The president-elect issued an official, much more elaborate statement later in the morning, in which he referred to Castro as a "brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades."

Trump expressed his hopes for a future filled with freedom for the people in Cuba and went on to discuss the "many" Cuban Americans" who supported him during his campaign...

UPDATE: Nov. 26, 2016, 10:52 a.m. EST Updated with statement from Donald Trump.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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