Trump Looks At Solar Eclipse

Trump has seen the light. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. www.tytnetwork.com/join
"Like many Americans, President Trump on Monday gazed at the first solar eclipse in a century to cross the continental United States, coast to coast. But at one point he appeared to ignore precautions that scientists and doctors warned were necessary to protect people's eyes during the celestial event.
Trump emerged on the Truman Balcony of the White House with first lady Melania and son Barron shortly before the eclipse reached its apex in Washington. He waved at the crowd and responded to a reporter's question - “How's the view?” - with a thumbs up, according to the White House press pool.
Then he tilted his head upward and pointed toward the sky, prompting a White House aide standing beneath the balcony to shout, “Don't look,” according to the press pool. It is unclear if Trump looked directly at the sun, but photos of the moment have already become an object of derision.”*
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[@TheGkmasta]

Would have been funny if somebody from Secret Service tackled him to protect his eyesight. Missed opportunity.

[@magarthur3420]

They would have but they couldn't afford to. To many golf cart rentals at Mar-a-Lago.

[@Official_OiYou]

TheGkmasta Too bad the Secret Service went broke thanks to him - he has to be smart enough to protect himself now.

[@gooberzmom]

best visual of the day

[@0xDanielCamarillo]

TheGkmasta they dont have money....not worthed 😂

[@bteiv676]

LOL...I'd love that.

[@alpaca597]

Aide: Mr. President, you need to put on the Eclipse glasses Trump: Did Obama wear the glasses? Aide: Yes, Sir. He did Trump: Then it's settled. No glasses!

[@OdO_Gee]

Al Paca it's funny cause it's true!

[@Cooltea1983]

Trump is a dummy..

[@KaiserSoviet]

Al Paca I

[@MrGeeMoney1983]

Al Paca 😂😂😂💀💀💀

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

I wish he kept looking for like a straight minute.

[@mendingwall3823]

It doesn't matter. He's already blind

[@meetcrawford123]

Mending Wall this world is blind already

[@yorauslescunt3761]

Mending Wall T H O T

[@FatboySim]

Mending Wall ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snap

[@martdelcat]

So true.....

[@moonbeam4016]

ohhhhhh. that's deep

[@wolf-war-master]

He was already blinded by greed

[@Izzy1782]

If they didn't want him to look at the sun, they should have gotten a CNN reporter to say "Look up there!"

[@possumbly]

Not to defend him, but you can look directly at it if you are in the path of totality while it is full eclipse. Some people don't understand the difference between a partial and full eclipse and do make that unfortunate mistake. But, the path of totality did not cross DC. And he was told not to look for that very reason.

[@CvijaFaQ]

thank you, everyone got so hysterical over going blind. It's sad that people think that the eclipse is somehow more dangerous to look at that the normal sun. You shouldn't be looking at it no matter what, but a 1-2 second glimpse ain't gonna do any permanent damage.

[@AJ-ut8cz]

glancing at the sun isn't gonna make you go blind, but staring at the sun.

[@liftinganonymous1142]

The ring of fire symbolizes Mueller's world class team of lawyers, closing in on the circle of darkness, which is Donald Trump and his former campaign team. Grade 10 English class taught me to look for symbolism in everything!

[@aplatinumorange5112]

Lifting Anonymous bro same lol

[@ChrisZ70]

He's gone from Nazi to Not-see!

[@dundermifflin5465]

John MacTroll Really? I never knew Trump believed in genocide and ethnic cleansing.

[@Radioposting]

nice....

[@B0ssguy]

@@dundermifflin5465 what about now

[@MrGriff305]

Would be amazing if it blinded him. He knows better than the generals and the scientists... just believe him.

[@TerryTurner]

He's trying to finish off the rest of brain cells...😂😂😂

[@tazbamskeet]

You have to stare at the sun to get super powers brah

[@caelvanir8557]

Now there's another way he's blind.

[@punlovincriminal5564]

He is looking at the Alt-light

[@Zombie24life]

sadvdv x 😂

[@mbraun325]

He glimpsed at the sun at no point did he stare.

[@SoulSista8]

And the "Donkey Of The Day" award goes to.....Drum roll please.......Agent Orange. Lol.

[@kibakitten2590]

What was the ONE rule we had to follow today in regards to the eclipse?... Leader of America, people...

[@user-ly5de8sp2j]

Good sheep. 🐑

[@lyricalmusiccentral6323]

This years solar eclipse proves that our president doesn't have common sense. I find it sad that his own son knows not to look. This President has all the money in the world but couldn't buy some sunglasses that is used in during a solar eclipse. Jeez.

[@OrdenJust]

He couldn't help it. His mind is easily distracted by shiny things.

[@DNAsGhostzHouze]

Next week Trump will run the Boston marathon with a pair of scissors...

[@spaceangelmewtwo9074]

I guess Trump thinks he is so above the law that not even the laws of physics apply to him. Maybe we should all start asking him if he can fly. He might just attempt it.

[@Radioposting]

Best way is to tell him that he can't.

[@shinmarcorp7846]

Trump is a hybrid of Aldebaran lineage

[@magarthur3420]

sigh. And we're off on another crazy week.

[@Don-md6wn]

This the warmup for the shit show in Arizona tomorrow night when he pardons Arpaio in front of a white supremacist mob with protestors outside and riot police everywhere.

[@bteiv676]

That has to be stopped.

[@ctk4949]

Holy crap his hand is tiny!! LOL!!

[@annettereeves9250]

trump is like "see that, I made that. JOBS!"

[@JuanTheBone]

this makes me miss bush

[@justiceblackwolf369]

JuanTheBone 😂😂😂

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Even W bush wasn't dumb enough to stare directly at the sun especially during an eclipse.

[@seanderoo37]

JuanTheBone lmao

[@jessifer23f]

I can't believe pro-Trump idiots can't realize the VIDEO showed Trump looking directly AT the sun when told not to.

[@justiceblackwolf369]

joke or not people... he still did it . 😂

[@Ranylyn]

The depressing part is I was joking about Republicans doing this because CNN told them not to. I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BE STUPID ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY DO IT!"

[@David_Vander_Vliet]

I heard the sun broke eye contact immediately...

[@RoccosVideos]

Rules don't apply to people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

[@BroncosXNumberX1]

I'm not gonna lie, I took a quick peak myself. Couldn't help it.

[@pietro5327]

El Paxton The Great U might be fine, but u may also have temparay damage. Hopefully not permanent

[@MrBenji1059]

same...my eyes were slick hurting even after 3 seconds of doing it lol

[@zombiefilms8493]

i did too

[@mansamusa1743]

Benjamin I actually had blurry vision in my right eye for a few hours.dont do it kids

[@wadepo1]

Face palm................why???

[@colandrea5947]

Remember he doesn't believe in science, Cenk. lol

[@carnaud]

"Nobody knew that looking at the sun was this complicated" ROFL

[@travisproo87]

Now if only his staff would tell him not to jump off that balcony...

[@OkOkOkJeez]

*Trump trying to see the truth*

[@hycron1234]

hehe :)

[@attachedsilver8929]

He was asking the sun to make him more orange 🍊😂

[@Calico_Daiquri]

Before I saw the news story I wasn't thinking about what he was doing, but when I saw a story that said he looked at was to smile to my self and think, 'ya, he would do that'.

[@fnation2391]

If you look at the video it is half a second. Chill out

[@guyperson6665]

I'm not really a big fan of tyt but this is hilarious

[@lovelyebonywhite4792]

I wanted him to go blind....I really really did

[@batista666bomb]

Ebony White you hateful liberal son of a bitch

[@lovelyebonywhite4792]

PC BEAST Nvidia I'm not a liberal I'm just extremely morbid and I take joy in seeing people who did something stupid get punished

[@batista666bomb]

Ebony White something stupid like what exactly??

[@lovelyebonywhite4792]

PC BEAST Nvidia ik don't know maybe *LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUN!!!THATS THE ONE RULE!! PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT IT DURING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE AND HAVE NEVER REGAINED THEIR SIGHT*

[@batista666bomb]

Ebony White if someone close to you had done that would u wish him to go blind ? btw this story gave you a half truth , trump was jokingly looking at the sun after someone told him not to for probably 1 second . if i wasn't a trump hater id laugh at the story but not gonna wish him to go blind for doing what he did , that's odd.

[@SnowWolfAlpha]

To be fair, it's the only time he can look up for fear of being smited.

[@bvanhoosen]

How long did he look at it?

[@pierrelewis12]

Bryce VanHoosen Exactly that what really matters

[@europlane77]

Actually melania looked even longer time at the Sun then Donald Trump. Maybe she did it at purpose. Cant blame her.

[@tictoc4122]

I saw that, too.

[@aukekovic4721]

It is so nice cenk cares about trump's eyesight.

[@alexpkeaton4471]

Has to make up for Melania not giving a f. about Trump.

[@New-mp1cg]

Alex P Keaton damnnn man

[@Bananaficiary]

It's only if u stare at it for a couple seconds a glance or even 5 seconds won't hurt you

[@justinhaddock6636]

He must have heard CNN say looking into the sun is bad.

[@DininDalael]

As much as I hate Trump, this isn't news worthy and is a waste of time.

[@exposingelites8471]

you saw the title didnt you..... Doing the off video where they want to poke fun at trump doesnt mean they can no longer make other serious videos

[@LesterBrunt1983]

actually it does since TYT only broadcasts for a short amount of time. They literally can't do a serious video if they spend all their time on a freeze frame of Trump glancing at the sun for 0.1 seconds and acting as if he stared at the sun for hours.

[@mysteriesmercenary615]

Well if he goes blind that means he's gonna have one hell of a time trying hit that big red button.

[@blazecheetah]

I feel like I'd get more eye damage from looking at Trump for too long than I would from looking at the sun for too long

[@itgetter9]

It was as alluring to him as any mirror.

[@tictoc4122]

Interesting note are the number of google searches for “eye pain” logged the next day.

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

"Nobody knew looking at the sun could be this complicated." Hahahahhaha... We need a laugh.

[@AwesomeVidzChannel]

Im pretty sure he didnt even know what the black thing covering the sun was...

[@eugkra33]

I watched the video. He looked up for 0.5 seconds. I've done that on days where the sun was fully out. Does 1 second on a solar eclipse do more damage than 1 sec in full sun?

[@PoloBoyPrince]

I glanced at it but I didn't stare at it.

[@shieh.4743]

To be fair, you CAN look at an eclipse for as long as you can normally look at the sun - very briefly. I look up at the sun all the time. The problem is staring at it. And there's no problem when it reaches full totality.

[@chrisjfox8715]

"IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING." -Desiderius Erasmus

[@TheMasoud100]

The eclipse is fired

[@bobpeters61]

Mama always told him not to look into the eyes of the Sun. "But Mama, that's where the fun is."

[@bnose202]

He tried to put his hand up, but it was too small :(

[@Smokejutsu420]

Well.. at least he won't be able to find the red button.

[@DandyDon1]

Give him some flashing super bright LEDs to look at. Or what was that movie where the child put on a pumpkin head/mask while watching TV and he melted? lol

[@JCTiggs1]

"It's true, I'm dumb as rocks. JOBS!" - D J Trump

[@kilos2960]

My eyes didnt go blind. I woke up 3 hours after it ended

[@njintau]

"I have the best eclipses, the greatest most tremendous eclipses! They're so great, it will make your head spin!"

[@karmakittenz69]

I used an auto darkening welding helmet. Worked great till it got confused and strobed and I got full auto sun fire to the retina. (They are crazy dark even before blocking the light thankfully)

[@grantbarnes6004]

"You think you blind me, sun? I DARE YOU! I DOUBLE DARE YOU!!!"

[@Kanyon85]

"I have the best eyes, believe me. I can see everything. I have very very strong eyes."

[@mrbadguysan]

If he was blind, who would know?

[@michaeldooley5331]

This is really funny! I just want to confirm this with film footage or comments in an interview with anyone near him please.

[@spencerunknown2438]

fake news he wore glasses straight after

[@DravenGal]

I have to be fair, I looked briefly at it a couple times too. However, it was really overcast here. Which actually allowed me to look at it in a reflection in my outer sliding glass door, with no glare, so that was cool.

[@igotalife787]

Missed a chance for a poll

[@dibzzz70]

He's not looking into the sun. He's doing an impression of Kim Jong Un.

[@bluebull2006]

I look at the sun even without eclipses im fine

[@Beto0700]

You can not make a spoiled child-man understand

[@trashsombra2793]

It's pretty cool how the sun makes a new light when that happens

[@rarpcgaming]

I thought it would of been funnier if you cut to that scene in "Raiders of the lost Ark" where that guy melts from looking at the opening of the Ark.

[@chadaustin1226]

With how many posts I saw online yesterday saying they hoped Trump would look into the solar eclipse without protection, I never thought he'd actually do it.

[@Nulono]

Dude, you're not supposed to *stare* at the sun; a quick glance is fine. He literally looked for a second or two; this is a non-issue.

[@semiperfekt]

I thought of this scenario yesterday that he'd probably go and stare into the sun during the eclipse and he does it. Today I'm gonna think of him resigning.

[@tictoc4122]

Yes, he saw the light, but if he damaged his retinas, he will never disclose that. He will lie about it.

[@Phlimbob]

This made me chuckle

[@wellnessconnect3368]

And we thought he was blind before.

[@mythking541]

I'll admit I looked directly at the sun for a little just out of curiosity. But after that, my coworkers were passing around the glasses to look through.

[@aiden359]

My AP Literature teacher almost didnt let us out because she thinks seniors are too dumb not to look at the sun...

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

We had a telescope last time, so the kids (including me) could watch it on the projected screen

[@HighlandChicken]

There's no way his eyes are ever open enough for permanent damage

[@jonathanjohnson3193]

This is the smartest thing he has ever done.

[@freshair3451]

We were so close...And some stupid aide had to stop him.

[@Melpheos1er]

Watching at the sun so briefly (2 or 3 seconds) is not enough to produce severe damage

[@ahmedessa1364]

Maybe he thought it was a *"Fake News"* when they told him "don't look"

[@ThaOneChrisJONES]

Secret Service Agent: "DAMMIT !!! WHO LET THAT TREASONOUS SUN IN THE SKY ?!!??!? TAKE IT OUT !!!!" **Secret Service Agents shoot at the Sun**

[@HentieScruffy]

The number one rule is always use protection

[@EdwarioERS]

I at least put on some sunglasses first before I peeked twice for 2 seconds.

[@rickhunter7]

Looking into the sun will have adverse consequences for his eye sight, soon he won't be able to read more than half a page without getting exhausted... Oh wait.

[@Quadage-ch8hn]

Must be a slow day at The Young Turks studio

[@culo71]

Your president (not mine I'm not from the US) looked at the Eclipse without glasses......You people have a great president!

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

You can look at the eclipse when it's in totality.

[@RedrumZombies]

You source is unsure if he looked directly at the damn sun, and didn't have a timestamp of when he "looked at the sun".

[@jennifergrove2368]

Now the question is Did he in fact lose some eye sight?

[@omarosemoon1005]

Melania looked at the sun too for a couple seconds without her glasses on.