President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia has been fraught with controversy, from a potentially-illegal $110 billion arms deal, to his shifting rhetoric on Islam, to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ massive donation to the World Bank “women’s empowerment” fund proposed by Ivanka Trump.

It was already a lot for any news consumer to take in. And then came the orb.

On Sunday, the Saudi Embassy tweeted a photo showing Trump, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Salman and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with their hands on a basketball-sized glowing orb. The embassy wrote that the men were there to “inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh.” Placing their hands on the luminescent globe was a symbolic gesture for a video about the new center, according to the Saudi Gazette.

However, the evil sorcerer aesthetic of the three men cast in shadows, their faces lit by the glowing orb in between them, was too much for the good people of Twitter to handle without comment.

Wow, Trump just hasn't been the same since he touched that orb pic.twitter.com/qWLNNVk6Cp — Pixelated Boat (@pixelatedboat) May 21, 2017

Not googling this and just assuming Trump has gone full Saruman evil wizard. pic.twitter.com/l3xenG5BQ0 — Nick Amadeus (@NickAmadeus) May 21, 2017

Trump During the Campaign: "I will NEVER touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles."

Trump Today: pic.twitter.com/eWoaDeXj8n — Nick Greene (@NickGreene) May 21, 2017

“When you’re a star, they let you grab 'em by the orb" pic.twitter.com/9gLsYhCOyw — Heben Nigatu (@heavenrants) May 21, 2017

I bet that glowing orb sucked all his energy. Sad! https://t.co/Bx5XZaWUu0 — Andrew Ridgway (@decrystallized) May 21, 2017

Food $200

Data $150

Rent $800

Orb $3,600

Utility $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying — that guy (@kyle_petreycik) May 21, 2017

just some billionaires gathering in the dark and holding a glowing orb. probably fine — jon hendren (@fart) May 21, 2017

CLARIFICATION: Language has been amended to clarify Ivanka Trump’s involvement with the World Bank fund for women’s empowerment.

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Obama walks toward Marine One upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport for a summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Obama walks with Saudi King Salman at Erga Palace upon arriving for a summit meeting in Riyadh.

A guard ushers away photographers as Obama meets with King Salman at Erga Palace upon his arrival for a summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Obama speaks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, left, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit. Obama met Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia to push for an intensified campaign against the Islamic State group, despite strains in Gulf ties with Washington.

Obama takes part in a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh.

Left to right: Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, crown prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Oman Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said; Obama; King Salman of Saudi Arabia; King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa; Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan; Saudi Interior Minister Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani pose for a photo during U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Riyadh.

'US, Gulf to work together to deal with low oil prices' Obama said after a meeting in the Saudi capital with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council.

US President Barack Obama waves as he boards a plane at King Khalid International Airport following a US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh.

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