Watch: US President Donald Trump appears to briefly look directly at sun during Solar Eclipse, Twitter erupts with memes! – US president Donald Trump was mocked online for ‘appearing’ to look directly at the Sun during the total Solar Eclipse, despite people being warned that looking at it directly could damage one’s eyes.
Without his protective glasses on, US President Donald Trump looks up towards the solar eclipse while viewing with his wife Melania and son Barron at the White House in Washington, U.S. (Reuters)
US president Donald Trump was mocked online for ‘appearing’ to look directly at the Sun during the total Solar Eclipse, despite people being warned that looking at it directly could damage one’s eyes.
Twitterati could not help but post comments tearing into him.
Scientists: Don't look straight at sun during eclipse.
Trump: Hold my glasses. pic.twitter.com/3MySTJYq4d— DAN (@danWorthington) August 21, 2017
AIDE: You need to wear eclipse glasses.
TRUMP: Did Obama wear them?
AIDE: Yes – it's a safety issue.
TRUMP: Then it's settled. No glasses. pic.twitter.com/gXQrDat96l— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) August 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/FRONZ1LLA/status/899715756686012416
Tonight, Trump’s addressing the nation. Everyone should keep their eclipse glasses to protect eyes from the giant, orange ball of gas.
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) August 21, 2017
In fairness, looking directly into the sun, despite all the warnings, pretty much captures the Trump presidency https://t.co/cc69yhwTNf
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 21, 2017
🙃🙃🙃 pic.twitter.com/IlV8pOlF0M
— Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) August 21, 2017
"See that, Melania? We should make this permanent and have the moon pay for it." #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/5kmA23y0Fq
— Norm Kelly (@norm) August 21, 2017
Numerous dailies like New York Daily News and ABC News were not far behind and posted some entertaining tweets.
A White House aide in the crowd below shouted “Don’t look!” right as @POTUS looked.
Our #SolarEclipse Edition: https://t.co/l0NO46gCGN pic.twitter.com/x0ToMxtXnU
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 21, 2017
Someone shouts "don't look" when Pres. Trump glances at the sky without eclipse glasses as the solar eclipse passes over Washington, D.C. pic.twitter.com/TtyfpQYvmr
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 21, 2017
However, the protective eyeware did make an appearance later.
https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/899714364550328320
This comes after Trump’s infamous “heel” comment, where he misspelled the word ‘heal’ as “heel” in four tweets, which were later deleted.
Earlier in May, the President had tweeted: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe, which left many of his 36 million followers on Twitter baffled and entertained.
