Donald Trump in 2015: Mrs Obama “insulted” Saudi Arabia by not covering her head

[zinfamous]

what the hell, is this real?

(except for the Saruman part, obviously)

 

[IronWing]

How come Trump looks like a photo negative? I thought only Galadriel's mirror did that?

 

[IronWing]

what the hell, is this real?

(except for the Saruman part, obviously)

This ball fights terrorism.

The occasion was the opening of a new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology, based in Riyadh, and the orb was in fact a translucent globe, with the world’s waters represented in light gray and the continents in black. Its purpose appeared to be decorative.

The futuristic look of the darkened room may have helped to fire observers’ imaginations.

It was filled with computer terminals. At one end was a wall of monitors displaying feeds from news networks. Employees of the center were segregated by gender, as is common in Saudi Arabia.

The design felt to a pool reporter who was present like a hybrid of a game-show set and a television thriller’s idea of a counterterrorism operations control room.

Among the many dignitaries at the event were Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef.

The globe did not appear to have any magical powers, but when the king and Mr. Trump touched it, background music of the kind that might accompany a reality show’s elimination sequence or introduce a cable news program soared and pulsed. The screens glowed with statistical displays and videos about fighting terrorism. An unnamed official who narrated the features of the new control center said the displays used artificial intelligence to track, in real time, news reports and online statements.

“This groundbreaking new center represents a clear declaration that Muslim-majority countries must take the lead in combating radicalization, and I want to express our gratitude to King Salman for this strong demonstration of leadership,” Mr. Trump said in his prepared remarks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/world/middleeast/trump-glowing-orb-saudi.html?_r=0

Seems like the House of Saud could save a few bucks if it simply stopped funding terrorism and stopped exporting Wahhabi nutjobbery around the world.