Breaking News: Trump Blinds Self Staring at Sun

[MineralMan]

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[Aviation Pro]

1. Fucking

Moron.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Only regular people can't look at the sun. Trump is special.

[Control-Z]

3. We all knew he would. eom

[MattP]

4. There was a bumch of people predicting this all over the internet

So srupid but expected

[MineralMan]

5. I predicted this at 11 AM this morning:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029496425

[LAS14]

6. At a public health level, it's necessary to make a simple,

black and white recommendation. Just don't. But we've all "peeked" at the sun in our lives. I don't know what the damage level is, but it's not "peek." Trump probably peeked for less than a second and will now "prove" that you can't trust science.

[Not Ruth]

18. What happens when you live in a country without Amazon Prime?

Does 10% of the population just go blind?

[Blue_Tires]

7. LOL

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[FM123]

8. He thought what they meant by "protection" was sunscreen.

[Laffy Kat]

10. No, he wore a condom. nt

[rurallib]

12. extra small

uh - to fit in his eyes.

[Heartstrings]

9. Mama always told me

[MineralMan]

11. It's just like this:

[smirkymonkey]

16. Fixed that for you...

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[LAS14]

25. Kudos to your creativity! nt

[MineralMan]

33. Oh, snap!

[Drum]

13. It's not as if having a blind-spot will be anything new to him,

riiiight?

[Mme. Defarge]

27. Good one!

[Johonny]

14. I imagine his cataracts will protect him

[Not Ruth]

15. That's one way to avoid impeachment

[underpants]

17. Montie Burns blocked out the sun

Loser

[GallopingGhost]

19. Dammit!!

Too bad he's not a vampire!

*Edited to add it's going to be ok because he gave the thumbs up sign as he did it.

[Bleacher Creature]

20. It would be ironic if his dismissal of scientific experts directly affected him.

I wish no harm on anyone, but that doesn't mean I have to waste my time thinking positive thoughts about a 71 year-old buffoon.

[Ilsa]

21. The kid is the only one doing the right thing - looking at shadows.

I hope someone told him that the "don't look at the sun" rule doesn't apply to white presidents.

[dalton99a]

31. +1

[DFW]

22. Trump would have called the UV "fake rays"

He would then have called the resulting partial loss of vision "fake blindness," and that wall he keeps walking into a "fake obstruction."

[Motley13]

23. He's blind anyway, so no big thing

[malaise]

24. Blitzer just lied

and said he had on glasses - he put them on after looking up into the sun

[Mme. Defarge]

26. Some people will do ANYTHING

for a doctor's excuse to quit a job.

[BannonsLiver]

28. He did put on the glasses and look up

For about 5 seconds. He looked completely bored with the event, a common trait among those with zero intellectual curiosity.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

29. Two things on the Trump stunt sun gazing

One is Trump would like to catch the secret service yelling Donald Duck so he can see for himself if it's running joke in the secret service.!

Or two, he really is in a bad off kind of a way tired of all the stuff he has to look at and at least pretend to be reading. Let's see if he has problems reading his lines tonight. Oh, by the way, Trump knows because Nixon said so that the public has a short memory. That is why Trump uses remember that when he seems to be saying something. Everybody has a short memory ! Must have pulled that one out of my hat !

[ellie]

30. He is such a buffoon

[Hieronymus]

32. How dare anyone tell me I can't ..

[Not Ruth]

34. How many Americans went blind yesterday?

Must be be thousands

[FSogol]

36. It doesn't happen right away. When you burn your eye, it will feel gritty over the next few days and

could blister up. you may have discharge or the eye can feel real watery. Vision loss from sun burn can be blank spots or gradual loss in vision. It'll also give you terrible headaches.

[dalton99a]

37. Look for a crescent

Chou and Krailo (1981) summarized clinical findings of eclipse-related eye injuries in individuals seen by Canadian optometrists following the total eclipse of February 1979. Twenty cases were reported. They found that males under age 20 were more likely to sustain eclipse-related eye injuries and that the patients were aware of the dangers of unprotected viewing of the eclipse but chose not to comply with warning messages.

[MoonRiver]

35. Doubling down on this meme about bush, the dumber:

"too stupid to be president."