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Donald Trump is currently in the midst of a diplomatic visit to the Middle East. It’s his first foreign trip as President of the United States, and it’s fair to say that he is absolutely crushing it.
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A hilarious photograph featuring Trump, the Egyptian president and the Saudi king with their hands on a glowing orb at a summit in Riyadh prompted some of the funniest tweets of the Trump presidency so far.
https://twitter.com/samthielman/status/866420737418170370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2017%2Fmay%2F22%2Fone-orb-to-rule-them-all-image-of-trump-and-glowing-globe-perplexes-internet
trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb pic.twitter.com/S0TlxgxtBY
— David Lunchables Jr. (@KrangTNelson) May 21, 2017
Some jokers even spent some time on Photoshop:
I PHOTOSHOPPED SARUMAN INTO TRUMP'S ORB PICTURE AND IT'S NOT EVEN WEIRD pic.twitter.com/cVJFGP5NPG
— Shahak Shapira (@ShahakShapira) May 22, 2017
The villain comparison was definitely a popular one. Ben Gross compared Trump and his new buddies the evil Hydra organization from the Marvel universe.
"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
Jon Hendren went with a different comic book comparison:
https://twitter.com/fart/status/866377953793294336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2017%2Fmay%2F22%2Fone-orb-to-rule-them-all-image-of-trump-and-glowing-globe-perplexes-internet
Another Twitter user thinks that the image is reminiscent of a Star Trek episode from 1968, in which Captain Kirk becomes possessed by telepathic aliens who store their consciousness in metal orbs.
I hate to be in the position of defending the man, but, you know, this whole #orb thing could have been much worse… pic.twitter.com/wa7zYnAn1y
— Paul Melancon (@PaulMelancon) May 21, 2017
Even the Trump loyalists over at Breitbart got in on the joke.
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 21, 2017
Trump also visited Israel’s Western Wall on this trip, but the tweets are just starting to flood in.
"Is this its pussy?" pic.twitter.com/Lm6Yr1Ww6s
— Moshe Kasher austin this week philly next! (@moshekasher) May 22, 2017
