President Donald Trump may not have suffered any eye damage from his brief glimpse of the sun during Monday’s solar eclipse.
But he faced another, in some ways bigger, risk.
This one came not during the eclipse itself but in the hours after as photos of him gazing upward ― both with and without protective lenses ― quickly became fodder for anyone with a little free time for some Photoshop.
Here are some of the social media burns that resulted:
"DEAL WI...." pic.twitter.com/rFGR9seoBR
— darth:™ (@darth) August 21, 2017
Someone was already on it 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qkAwsM8OMe
— BRAD RADCOCK (@Stuntastic210) August 21, 2017
— John Grady (@thejohngrady) August 21, 2017
Is this a still from the very beginning of the #PeeTape? cc: @xeni pic.twitter.com/3QjMch0KGW
— Christian Nightmares (@ChristnNitemare) August 21, 2017
President approves of the eclipse. #Eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/rOpQfcte9R
— Amos Sussigan (@Amossussigan) August 21, 2017
¿Oh can i play? pic.twitter.com/2qWvWu7goy
— Earth Vindicator J (@DrStrangeBoots) August 21, 2017
— hi-lo Ren (@imatthegym) August 21, 2017
Stupid is as stupid does. Our @POTUS. Apparently advice from NASA and all eye drs is fake news too. SMH pic.twitter.com/5XznfMLNuu
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) August 21, 2017
From @realDonaldTrump: "Dishonest, fake news media said don't look at eclipse w/o glasses, so I did! JOBS!" pic.twitter.com/Mqt5xUoLgA
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) August 21, 2017
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
— Durwood (@_Durwood) August 21, 2017
— Buffy's Blog (@BuffyBlogs) August 21, 2017
This captures the entire presidency in a single picture. Doing exactly what he's not supposed to do at the risk of lasting damage. pic.twitter.com/Mw3aC41Gtr
— Joel Searby (@Joel_Searby) August 21, 2017
— billybobtexas (@billybobtexas) August 21, 2017
HE FUCKING DID IT pic.twitter.com/d5th91PNpJ
— fascists bound2 lose (@ANRLizzy) August 21, 2017
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