--- description: The Daily Show's Trevor Noah has an amusing theory on why President Trump seemed to stare at the sun during the eclipse title: Trump Stares At Sun, Gets Burned By The Daily Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2a2748da44ffc71/6988da89e76ad2400262ed18/trump-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Trump Stares Into The Sun, Gets Burned by _The Daily Show_ by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2017 3:38 PM CUT  Without his protective glasses on President Donald Trump looks up towards the solar eclipse while viewing with his wife Melania and son Barron at the White House in Washington on Aug. 21, 2017. Without his protective glasses on President Donald Trump looks up towards the solar eclipse while viewing with his wife Melania and son Barron at the White House in Washington on Aug. 21, 2017.Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2017 3:38 PM CUT President Donald Trump watched [the solar eclipse](http://time.com/4909946/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") from the White House yesterday. Despite warnings from scientists not to look directly at the sun without eclipse glasses, the President appeared to stare directly at the eclipse (much to [the delight of the internet](http://time.com/4909526/trump-eclipse-meme/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")). The President may have avoided eye damage, but he didn’t manage to avoid getting burned by Trevor Noah on _The Daily Show_. On Monday night’s episode, Noah commented on Trump’s decision to ignore the advice of the professionals and his own aides and glance up at [the sky](http://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") during the eclipse. “Apparently, the President’s aides were really worried about him so they told him not to look directly into the sun,” says Noah. “And Donald Trump was like, ‘Don’t worry about me! That’s my policy. Every day, don’t look at the son.” Noah then pulled up a picture of Trump’s son, Eric. “Don’t talk to the son. And definitely don’t celebrate the son’s birthday. _Nothing,_” joked Noah, channeling the President. Of course, Trump wasn’t the only White House eclipse watcher to catch Noah’s attention. “Look at Jeff Sessions. He looks so adorable,” says Noah. “It’s like he’s watching Santa ride off into the sky with all the toys he helped make.” Watch the clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4910639/trump-eclipse-daily-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4910639/trump-eclipse-daily-show/"},"headline":"Trump Stares Into The Sun, Gets Burned by The Daily Show","datePublished":"2017-08-22T15:38:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:41.279Z","description":"Trevor Noah has an amusing theory on why the president seemed to stare at sun","url":"https://time.com/4910639/trump-eclipse-daily-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","The Daily Show","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","Eclipse","trevor noah","Late Night Comedy","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2a2748da44ffc71/6988da89e76ad2400262ed18/trump-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2a2748da44ffc71/6988da89e76ad2400262ed18/trump-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Trump and family watch the solar eclipse from the White House in Washington","caption":"U.S. President Trump and family watch the solar eclipse from the White House in Washington","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4910639/trump-eclipse-daily-show/","name":"Trump Stares Into The Sun, Gets Burned by The Daily Show"}}]}] ```