{"id":322682,"date":"2017-08-22T05:26:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T04:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/sun-king-trump-looks-at-solar-eclipse-without-protective-glasses\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T05:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T04:26:31","slug":"sun-king-trump-looks-at-solar-eclipse-without-protective-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/sun-king-trump-looks-at-solar-eclipse-without-protective-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun king: Trump looks at solar eclipse without protective glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump viewed the solar eclipse a bit more closely than others, and not just because he was standing on a White House balcony. Trump removed his protective eyewear to wince into the sun\u2019s rays.<\/p>\n

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The president was joined by his wife Melania, his son Barron and daughter Ivanka for the nationally celebrated celestial anomaly. They collectively arrived on the Truman Balcony at 2:38pm on Monday afternoon to watch the eclipse unfold, USA Today reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The eclipse in DC was only partial<\/a>, as opposed to the total solar eclipse experienced in a strip of the country stretching from Oregon to South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Trump initially was not wearing the protective cardboard glasses when he arrived to view the eclipse. The president even ignored an aide who yelled, \u201cDon’t look,\u201d<\/a> before he glanced at the eclipse without the glasses on, multiple media<\/a>\u00a0sources reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some US citizens lampooned<\/a> the president on Twitter<\/a> for not wearing his protective eyegear.<\/p>\n

The commander-in-chief eventually put the eyewear on, and gave a thumbs-up<\/a> to the eclipse<\/a>, according to Politico.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers residing outside of DC also viewed the skies above them in hopes of observing the moon fully obscuring the sun.<\/p>\n

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) laid back in a chair outside to experience the event and tweeted, \u201cI’m ready!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) was accompanied by his daughter, Meghan, as they decided to go on a hike to bear witness to the eclipse.<\/p>\n

And Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) peered into the sky with his protective eyewear from San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n

Residents<\/a> around the country were also excited to witness the event and flooded Twitter<\/a> with photos they snapped of the eclipse.<\/p>\n

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General Jeff Sessions stood by the first family to experience the eclipse, Yahoo reported.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the group of high-level DC officials on hand looking at the sky at the White House was Interim Communications Director Hope Hicks, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Advisor Omarosa Manigault.<\/p>\n

The last total solar eclipse in the US took place on February 26, 1979, and was viewable<\/a> from the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n