'Not too bright': Trump trolled for staring at the eclipse with no eye protection

'Not too bright': Trump trolled for staring at the eclipse with no eye protection

The internet has had fun with images of the US president looking up at the sky during the eclipse without glasses, in defiance of repeated health warnings

Guardian staff

Tuesday 22 August 2017 01.57 BST Last modified on Tuesday 22 August 2017 03.11 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/22/not-too-bright-trump-trolled-for-staring-at-the-eclipse-with-no-eye-protection

The internet has made hay with images of the US president looking up at the sky during the solar eclipse without glasses, despite repeated warnings that doing so can lead to permanent eye damage.

Donald Trump was filmed on the balcony of the White House, standing with his wife Melania Trump and his son Barron. Before donning special eclipse glasses he squinted up at the sky and pointed. An aide was apparently heard off camera shouting “Don’t look!”.

But it was too late, the moment of misjudgement was captured and quickly shared online. Naturally it made it onto the front page of the New York Daily News.

However, not everyone was laughing. Fox news anchor Tucker Carlson was impressed by Trump’s actions, saying that it was “perhaps the most impressive thing any president has