Donald Trump looks directly at the Sun during Solar Eclipse, mocked on social media
The United States witnessed a total Solar Eclipse, but instead of savouring each moment of the grand spectacle, the social media was more focussed on trolling President Donald Trump as he looked "directly at the Sun".
The U.S. president was 'mocked' online for 'appearing' to look directly at the Sun, despite people being warned that looking at it directly could damage one's eyes.
The Twitterati could not help but post comments tearing into him.
One user tweeted, "Scientists: Don't look straight at sun during eclipse. Trump: Hold my glasses."
Scientists: Don't look straight at sun during eclipse.
— Dan Worthington (@danWorthington) August 21, 2017
Trump: Hold my glasses. pic.twitter.com/3MySTJYq4d
"But president, you need special glasses to look at the eclipse"
— LORD SLiME (@FRONZ1LLA) August 21, 2017
Trump: FAKE NEWS pic.twitter.com/NYllaoD7mG
AIDE: You need to wear eclipse glasses.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) August 21, 2017
TRUMP: Did Obama wear them?
AIDE: Yes - it's a safety issue.
TRUMP: Then it's settled. No glasses. pic.twitter.com/gXQrDat96l
A White House aide in the crowd below shouted “Don’t look!” right as @POTUS looked.
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 21, 2017
Our #SolarEclipse Edition: https://t.co/l0NO46gCGN pic.twitter.com/x0ToMxtXnU
Someone shouts "don't look" as Pres. Trump looks up without eclipse glasses on as solar eclipse passes over D.C. https://t.co/5ft70fm30R pic.twitter.com/0lAkuzF9RZ
— ABC News (@ABC) August 21, 2017
This comes after Trump's infamous heel-heal 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.
-ANI
First published: 22 August 2017, 10:17 IST