Donald Trump actually said...

I've written them personal letters. They've been sent or they're going out tonight. But they were during the weekend.

I will at some point during the period of time call the parents and the families because I have done that traditionally.

It's the toughest calls I have to make are the calls where this happens, soldiers are killed.

So, the traditional way, if you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls.