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| On August 21, 2017, the ] ] was photographed by Mark Wilson watching a total ] without wearing protective eyewear.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ibrahim |first=Nur |date=April 6, 2024 |title=Trump Stared Directly at Sun During 2017 Solar Eclipse? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-solar-eclipse-2017/ |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=] |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522051852/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-solar-eclipse-2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| == Background == | |||
| {{Main article|Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017}} | |||
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| Before this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entirety of the United States ]; not since the ] had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |last=Chan |first=Melissa |date=July 25, 2017 |title=The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: Everything You Need to Know |url=http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/ |access-date=August 22, 2017 |magazine=] |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729101012/http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| A viewing party was held at the White House, during which President ] appeared on the ] with First Lady ]. With the Sun partially eclipsed, President Trump looked briefly in the general direction of the Sun before using solar viewing glasses.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Herman |title=Trump celebrates solar eclipse by looking up without special viewing glasses |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/21/trump-celebrates-solar-eclipse-by-looking-up-without-special-viewing-glasses/ |access-date=August 23, 2017 |newspaper=] |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822170334/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/21/trump-celebrates-solar-eclipse-by-looking-up-without-special-viewing-glasses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| == Reception == | |||
| The photographs became an ] and were the subject of jokes by late-night comedians ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=August 21, 2017 |title=Trump Looking at Eclipse Without Glasses Becomes Instant Meme |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/trump-looking-at-eclipse-glasses-becomes-instant-meme-1031302/ |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=] |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204131049/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/trump-looking-at-eclipse-glasses-becomes-instant-meme-1031302/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=August 22, 2017 |title=Late-night hosts on the solar eclipse: 'That was Melania's chance to escape' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/22/late-night-tv-solar-eclipse-donald-trump-melania |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=]}}</ref> | |||
| Writing for '']'', Oliver O'Connell described the photographs as "perhaps one of the most enduring images of Donald Trump's presidency".<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Oliver |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Trump trolled ahead of eclipse for staring directly at the sun |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-solar-eclipse-staring-sun-b2525283.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418055129/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-solar-eclipse-staring-sun-b2525283.html |archive-date=April 18, 2024 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=] |location=New York}}</ref> | |||
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