{"id":69707,"date":"2020-01-15T10:37:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T10:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/gregp-3534\/2017\/05\/21\/this-glowing-orb-will-defeat-isis-or-something-bonus-caption-contest\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T10:37:09","slug":"this-glowing-orb-will-defeat-isis-or-something-bonus-caption-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/69707","title":{"rendered":"This glowing orb will defeat ISIS, or something (Bonus: caption contest!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today and for some reason, all 3 of them had to touch this glowing orb in order to activate the center’s terrorism-fighting abilities.

@KingSalman<\/a> and @POTUS<\/a> inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh. #RiyadhSummit<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/do6cFL7wBW<\/a>

— Saudi Embassy (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p> Video from theWashington Post:

Although many on Twitter were confused as the picture of the 3 leaders touching the orb made its way around the internet:

i still haven't seen anyone in my timeline tell me what is actually happening here tho pic.twitter.com\/Aea04BC5ua<\/a>

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

And, or course, people turned the image into a meme with hilarious captions and photoshops. Here are some of the funnier ones we’ve seen:

"find…the…hobbit…" pic.twitter.com\/8saqDbl5Nh<\/a>

— darth: (@darth) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

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<\/a><\/p>

"Elites scoff, but in the working class suburbs of Grand Rapids voters are glad Trump is practicing orb magic with Arab dictators."

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

Trump During the Campaign: "I will NEVER touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles."
Trump Today:
pic.twitter.com\/eWoaDeXj8n<\/a>

— Nick Greene (@NickGreene) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

WILL THE ORB MAKE A #TWINPEAKS<\/a> APPEARANCE DO WE KNOW? pic.twitter.com\/aA2Qby1Ve0<\/a>

— William J. Simmons (@WJ_Simmons) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

"If, together, we hold the orb, it will tell us our greatest foe "It's speaking! I hear it! "It'sit's the aide who allowed this photo." pic.twitter.com\/pj67JWbtwO<\/a>

— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

You vs. the Orb she told you not to worry about. pic.twitter.com\/74hGHDNtxk<\/a>

— Jacob Bacharach (@jakebackpack) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

This is Riyadh HOT101.5's version of a Touch the Truck contest. Last one touching the orb wins it, and 25 million barrels of crude oil. pic.twitter.com\/kI0yOe8blM<\/a>

— Matt Bevan (@MatthewBevan) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

The orb is on Orion's Belt pic.twitter.com\/znksl2LLMr<\/a>

— Matt Bevan (@MatthewBevan) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

pic.twitter.com\/F9oOxuXtNY<\/a>

— RINO Pundit (@RINOPundit) May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>

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President Donald Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today and for some reason, all 3 of them had to touch this glowing orb in order to activate the center’s terrorism-fighting abilities. @KingSalman and @POTUS inaugurate The Global Center … Continue reading This glowing orb will defeat ISIS, or something (Bonus: caption contest!)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[1665,3209,5605,5822],"class_list":["post-69707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-egypt","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-terrorism","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/15790599476646-orb.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}