Yup. He really did.
Luckily, President Donald Trump's perfect genes make him impervious to the Sun's death-rays.
That's why he impulsively decided to ignored scientists' and doctors' warnings, and took off his eye protection glasses while viewing a total solar eclipse today. The astronomical event was a rare opportunity for people in the United States to see a total eclipse, as a swath of the country from Oregon to the Southeast allowed great viewing opportunities.
"Don't look," an aide shouted at him.
Nevertheless, he persisted.
Will he suffer lasting retinal damage?
id say theres about a 50% chance this happens later pic.twitter.com/dQ1zqZWxqv
— leon (@leyawn) August 21, 2017
the both of them, via @MikeSacksEsq pic.twitter.com/HZVCGb8iuo
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 21, 2017
As he did this, someone in a crowd of aides below shouted "Don't look." pic.twitter.com/dtfSLEzcAZ
— Ted Mann (@TMannWSJ) August 21, 2017
yep, trump looked without glasses #solareclipse pic.twitter.com/PDzRNtXL4n
— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) August 21, 2017
I'm pretty sure this picture sums up our president #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/pW5aZ4elpu
— Jack Filmer (@FilmerJack) August 21, 2017
Aaaaaand here's your photo of Trump looking straight at the eclipse pic.twitter.com/5vv6sVTDIl
— Stefan Marolachakis (@stefanmymind) August 21, 2017
This guy who just looked at the sun without glasses will be giving an address on the US strategy in Afghanistan tonight. pic.twitter.com/ERkbd3OmRQ
— Thomas Bishop (@bishopk0s) August 21, 2017
Aaaaaand here's your photo of Trump looking straight at the eclipse pic.twitter.com/5vv6sVTDIl
— Stefan Marolachakis (@stefanmymind) August 21, 2017
Narrator: He looked. https://t.co/UFHdRqkbKN
— Annie Stamell (@stamos) August 21, 2017
this is exactly the kind of change America was promised https://t.co/PmZota3dEE
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) August 21, 2017
[*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme*] pic.twitter.com/1zKCToAQRS
— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) August 21, 2017
Is this man just allergic to doing things correctly pic.twitter.com/D9VUYtwuO2
— Kibblesmith ⚔️ (@kibblesmith) August 21, 2017
"Melania, how long till I become Daredevil?" pic.twitter.com/V0UptXD8Ux
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) August 21, 2017
Des is right. Conflating courage with just doing dumb shit that accomplishes nothing but that people told you not to do is the motif. https://t.co/LQfyQVvEOK
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) August 21, 2017
"I have a very good brain."
— DJT https://t.co/pNtIfwdMuI
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) August 21, 2017
This multiple exposure photo shows the eclipse as it passed over the St. Louis Arch. More eclipse coverage here: https://t.co/l9qn2U2Mh9 pic.twitter.com/ab2drhWgqC
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2017
Most adorable eclipse photo goes to… Jeff Sessions pic.twitter.com/9w4GtWRfnV
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) August 21, 2017
International Space Station #Eclipse photobomb via @NASA pic.twitter.com/NashX5OCEX
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) August 21, 2017
I was totally unprepared and live well ⬆️ of totality, but I pointed a colander at the ground and it looks like this so A+ given the effort pic.twitter.com/Ov4s5yCZgl
— liz johnson (@bookofarmaments) August 21, 2017
