At the inauguration of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, President Trump, King Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt put their hands on an “orb” to officially activate the centre. The intention was to launch a splashy welcome video, Saudi Gazette reports.
They certainly achieved that and then some, as Twitter erupted with online jokes, drawing comparisons between the picture and comic characters.
Have a look:
tfw you and your friends unearth an ancient alien hell orb and combine your powers inside it to stop superman >>>>> pic.twitter.com/kzsYEKC4R0
— jon hendren (@fart) May 21, 2017
One #orb to find them.
One orb to rule them all and in the darkness bind them. pic.twitter.com/tsFYX3pzm1
— Nuremberg Enthusiast (@QuantumTakes) May 21, 2017
Does this not look like a scene from a James Bond film?
The point when the supervillains form a pact to take over the world. pic.twitter.com/ISiXStaaSc
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) 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
Knew I'd seen it somewhere before. pic.twitter.com/LqBWxYnxr5
— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) May 22, 2017
For clarification, this is not a Satanic ritual. pic.twitter.com/CccP39fqN4
— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) May 22, 2017
trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb pic.twitter.com/S0TlxgxtBY
— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) May 21, 2017
*camera zooms out to reveal wish* pic.twitter.com/rvfswinR28
— Reply Guy Union Rep (@HaverOfOpinions) May 21, 2017
"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble." pic.twitter.com/Zp7whnPzCk— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 21, 2017
— (R)eggie (J)esus O'Brien (@bobismighty) May 22, 2017
When asked what they were thinking when their hands were on the globe: pic.twitter.com/XU8Eo4DJ5E
— Bronco Bama (@BronckoBamma) May 21, 2017
.@kumailn nope. pic.twitter.com/tAfiF57nqq
— Sam Levine (@Sam_Levine) May 22, 2017
The next Lord of the Rings movie looks terrible. pic.twitter.com/gVhv5bt0rK
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) May 21, 2017
Sean Spicer (tomorrow): "That was a World Class Orb. The only and Bestest Orb on Earth. Trump touched it better than anyone there!" pic.twitter.com/j5Gkrh5Foa
— Mark Bland (@markbland) May 22, 2017
.#IHaveQuestions
Do you get a feeling they are just making up rituals to play with Trump's head? #TrumpinSaudi pic.twitter.com/aauxnZqVdz— «Harvey Esquire» (@HarveyEsq) May 21, 2017
.#IHaveQuestions
Do you get a feeling they are just making up rituals to play with Trump's head? #TrumpinSaudi pic.twitter.com/aauxnZqVdz— «Harvey Esquire» (@HarveyEsq) May 21, 2017
Three rings for the Arab kings under the desert sky,
One for the Orange lord on his gold throne, in Washington where the bureaucrats lie.— ThunderStruck (@thunderstruckcp) May 21, 2017
big deal some guys put their hands on a glowing orb it's not like they're going to get super powers oh my god this is how space jam started pic.twitter.com/3rGPNr4yPD
— Obi-Sean Kenobi (@whatwouldDOOdo) May 22, 2017
Why does this look like the scene in Harry Potter where the death eaters find the prophecy orb in the department of mysteries pic.twitter.com/VYW5LfpUly
— CMC (@ChaseClynch_) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/866386899421863936
Spicer: All I can say is the President is fatigued now because he streamed his awesome cosmic powers into The Orb. PERIOD. pic.twitter.com/4It1u8RqWj
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/866381012451774464
"With this orb we shall escape from the Phantom Zone, and Superman will never see us coming!" pic.twitter.com/9MIILbU6dn
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 22, 2017
"Everyone grab on to the cosmic sphere. It's much better than a cosmic cube…believe me!" (HT @PresVillain) #HailHydra pic.twitter.com/7jKLQIdXRt
— Ben Gross (@bhgross144) May 21, 2017
I am gone from Twitter for like a few hours, and now Trump is a holding a Palantír! WHAT ELSE HAVE I MISSED?! IS BANNON A WRAITH NOW?! #ORB pic.twitter.com/uZ4xthYIvm
— chrisError (@chrisError) May 21, 2017
Everyone freaking out, it's a GLOBE
You can see the continents
Just a conclave of powerful men laying hands on a fiery globe
This is normal pic.twitter.com/FEo4auHVfm— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) May 21, 2017
Reformed social media monitoring spirit
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