Headline Roundup • August 22nd, 2017
Trump and Family Watch the Eclipse
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Yesterday, President Trump, along with his wife and son, watched the solar eclipse from the White House. The President briefly looked up at the sun without his eclipse glasses, but then put the glasses on to watch the rest of the eclipse.
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump viewed Monday’s once-in-a-generation solar eclipse from the White House.
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Unless you've been under a rock, you're probably aware that a total solar eclipse was visible today from the United States. Many people, including the First Family, went outside and donned a pair of solar glasses (or used an old-school pinhole viewer) to take a look at the phenomena.
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