# Trump declares risk of blindness to be Chinese hoax;  stares directly at Sun

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-risk-of-blindness-to-be-chinese-hoax-stares-directly-at-sun/794306/5 "2017-08-21T21:03:51Z")

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He did put on protection. Scroll down to the final photo.  
[https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/president-trump-stares-rights-solar-eclipse-glasses-article-1.3429928](https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/president-trump-stares-rights-solar-eclipse-glasses-article-1.3429928)

Geez can’t the worthless press get anything right?

He glanced up for a moment without the glasses. Then he put them on.

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