Trump’s brief visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend gave us plenty to talk about, from Bannon’s clear discomfort, to a whole lot of hypocrisy over headscarves, to a reminder that no one should ever hand Donald Trump a sword or invite him to dance.
But in keeping with the Trump administration’s tradition of drowning us in a deluge of terrifying and yet still utterly mockable moments, here we also have an image of Trump alongside the Saudi king and Egyptian President, ominously placing their hands on a mysterious glowing orb.
@sarahjeong another view of orb pic.twitter.com/Rt4tMQIVHA
— Kathryn (@the_castle_gate) May 22, 2017
You know, just normal supervillain stuff.
perfectly normal. pic.twitter.com/fdKAMKSRSp
— ANTHONY OLIVEIRA (@meakoopa) May 21, 2017
⚠️ #PresidentSupervillain
⚠️ #PresidentSupervillain
⚠️ #PresidentSupervillain pic.twitter.com/fL9Ep2hiQE— Pres. Supervillain (@PresVillain) May 22, 2017
Nothing to worry about.
just some billionaires gathering in the dark and holding a glowing orb. probably fine
— jon hendren (@fart) May 21, 2017
We said there’s nothing to worry about!
HANNITY: Trump orders everyone to kneel before the Glowing Orb, and the media loses it
GINGRICH: They fear the Orb!
HANNITY: It’s pathetic— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) May 21, 2017
In describing the orb, the New York Times actually felt the need to write out the words, “The globe did not appear to have any magical powers,” but that wasn’t going to stop Twitter from trying to figure out its dark purpose. Fake news!
“What does it do?”
“It lets you go back in time and tweet warnings about the future to yourself.” pic.twitter.com/fr6wYKZIrV— Rich Parr (@richparr79) May 21, 2017
trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb pic.twitter.com/S0TlxgxtBY
— KRANG T. NELSON (@KrangTNelson) May 21, 2017
I haven’t been able to catch up on the news but I know there is no way Trump touched the Glowing Orb of Global Islamic Dominance.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 21, 2017
Look if Trump is going to take down the Illuminati he’s obviously going to have to do it from the inside pic.twitter.com/58Rnd2I20P
— The Cosmic Brain (@samthielman) May 21, 2017
There are many kinds of #orb, are we sure we know which one we’re dealing with here pic.twitter.com/pXB7LyFwQ3
— Allison DeJong (@allison_dejong) 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
Even the Church of Satan had to come out and say ‘he’s not with us.’
For clarification, this is not a Satanic ritual. pic.twitter.com/CccP39fqN4
— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) May 22, 2017
Even scarier, is Brietbart of all places is hinting that this might look a little too evil, even for them?
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 21, 2017
As it turns out, the orb was actually a globe. Yup, just three men famous, all famous for human rights violations, standing around a glowing globe. What could possibly seem evil about that?
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
We may never know what fiery magic was unleashed. Or maybe the real maniacal megalomania was inside them all along.
Maybe the real glowing orb is the friendships we made along the way.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 22, 2017
(image: Disney)
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