Trump's Orb Photo Is Instant Meme

It was your ordinary photo op, this one featuring President Trump and the leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia as they opened the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh. Except it just happened to show them placing their hands on a glowing orb in a dark room, which called to mind, well, pretty much "every science-fiction/fantasy ever," in the words of CNET. "For clarification, this is not a Satanic ritual," reads one tongue-in-cheek tweet in wide circulation from, yes, the Church of Satan, notes the BBC. Almost instantly, Twitter was flooded with references to Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Superman, A Thousand and One Arabian Nights, Space Jam, and many, many more. (More President Trump stories.)