What’s more ridiculous than a set of videos depicting Donald Trump, Wilbur Ross, and Rex Tillerson all wielding swords and dancing around in Saudi Arabia?
Well, for one thing this…
… but on Sunday evening, in what will almost surely go down as one of the most trolled photos of the year, a picture emerged of Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi standing around in the dark grasping a giant glowing orb.
No, really. Here it is:
Apparently, this is supposed to be a gesture of unity to celebrate the opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh.
And yes, you read that correctly, they are opening a “Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology” in Riyadh or, in other words, they are opening a global center for combating extremist ideology in the global center for promoting extremist ideology.
.@KingSalman of Saudi Arabia & @POTUS Trump inaugurate Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology. #RiyadhSummit pic.twitter.com/f4ympts8U7
— RiyadhSummit (@riyadhsummit) May 21, 2017
Well as you can imagine, social media is going fucking crazy and as one netizen observed, “Alex Jones must be having the meltdown of his life seeing his favorite politician laying hands on a glowing object in a totally non-Illuminati way.”
And so it begins…
https://twitter.com/fart/status/866379179876470785
https://twitter.com/flyoverstates/status/866379601437745154
RIYADH — President Trump announced today that the Orb is his God now, praise to Its Luminescence, O how he longs for the warmth of Ørb pic.twitter.com/lSCjHgotgW
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) May 21, 2017
Look, do I agree with the Orb's entire agenda? Of course not. But I do trust that the Orb has humanity's best interests at heart.
— crisp mattman (@cushbomb) May 21, 2017
we're definitely living in a video game – at some point one of us will have a mission to retrieve this orb https://t.co/bAcrqZBFBy
— phoon (@weirdfigs) May 21, 2017
it's totally the Orb of Peace from the end of The Phantom Menace pic.twitter.com/KuBEIfKWdY
— Will (@historicus91) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/missmyhappybird/status/866376475020337152
https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/866391708652650496
TRUMP: I just start kissing the orb. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss…I don’t even wait. And when you’re an star, the orb lets you do it. pic.twitter.com/OHPDC6mWiw
— Todd 'Papi' Carlos (@TheToddWilliams) May 21, 2017
Trump lays hands on the all knowing orb in Saudi Arabia. #TrumpinSaudi #TrumpOrb #Orb pic.twitter.com/SMbxct2a2l
— Arizona Political ? (@AZVotes) May 21, 2017
"Trump Curtsys, Dances, and Caresses Glowing Orb with Muslim Radicals During Visit" your move, @DRUDGE pic.twitter.com/AKFuj2iMib
— Drew Tatusko (@DrewTatusko) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ethan_Booker/status/866390286800498688
when that dank orb hits pic.twitter.com/B559plLEnm
— Matt Popovich (@mpopv) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/darth/status/866375485688651777
https://twitter.com/fluttersnipe/status/866391787610546178
The Orb … i'm communicating with Trump from dining room… pic.twitter.com/BsedgYt5nS
— Heisenberg Report (@heisenbergrpt) May 21, 2017
is that a silhouette of Batman on the orb by trump’s hand? ridiculous. grown men? ridiculous.