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Trump Looked Directly At The Eclipse, Of Course, And Now People Are Roasting The Crap Out Of Him

He had one job.

by Tom Clift  22 August 2017
Donald Trump Solar Eclipse

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I think the thing that’s so fascinating/frustrating about Donald Trump is that his incompetence has layers. He’s like an especially revolting onion.

Sure, there’s the really horrifying stuff, like when he goads North Korea into a nuclear standoff or decides, on a whim, to ban transgender people from serving in the military. But there’s also the more mundane stuff, like when he stares directly at an eclipse without viewing glasses.

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On Monday, Trump, his wife Melania and their young son Barron joined hundreds of thousands of other Americans in marveling at the first solar eclipse to sweep the country coast-to-coast in almost a century.

It should have been so simple. Even he should have been able to get this right. And yet…

I’d like to tell you that this is the stupidest thing the President of the United States will do this week. But it’s only Tuesday, and I just can’t make that guarantee.