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22nd May 2017

Donald Trump touched a glowing orb like a supervillain, and people are freaking out

Wil Jones

All hail the orb.

There are plenty of people who have compared Donald Trump to Lex Luthor – but now he looks like he’s hit peak supervillian aesthetic.

On his current state visit to Saudi Arabia, Trump was photographed Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, all touching a glowing orb in the dark. The orb is actually an installation at the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh – but since it looks more like something Saruman would have in Lord of the Rings, the internet is going crazy over it.

https://twitter.com/darth/status/866375485688651777

https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/866391708652650496

 

The official Church of Satan Twitter account has even gone as far as clarifying that it is not a Satanic ritual.

 

We will now await the Cthulhu which will rise from under the White House any day now.