Starring at the sky does no damage to the eyes. Starring at the sun supposedly does. I wouldn’t about the sun, because I’ve always heeded the warning, But I see no evidence that Trump suffered eye damage.
It is safe to look during totality, point being totality is when moon is blocking out all of sun’s harmful rays. You only need the special glasses to view partial eclipses. I saw the 2017 eclipse and by time of first contact and appearance of diamond ring, it was safe to look unaided until re-appearance of Sun after same effects at end of totality. That is probably what Trump did, so as usual, perfectly “legal” acts mischaracterized as illegal by Dumbocrats.