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White House celebrates solar eclipse by reposting 2017 photo of Trump without eyewear

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As Spain, Greenland, and Iceland celebrate a solar eclipse darkening their skies midday on Wednesday, the Trump administration's White House account on X joined in on the fun by reposting a viral 2017 picture of President Donald Trump looking up at an eclipse with his bare eyes. The totality was only viewable in countries like Spain, Greenland, Iceland, and Portugal. The White House X account resurfaced it as the moon swept between the Sun and Earth on Wednesday. Trump eventually did put on glasses that day to view the solar spectacle, but not before media caught him without them.