Monday, May 22, 2017

Super Villains


Obviously didn't consider the optics on this one.  (Or maybe they did!)
A startling photograph of Donald Trump, the Egyptian president [Abdel Fatah al-Sisi] and Saudi [King Salman bin Abdulaziz] placing their hands on a glowing orb at a summit in Riyadh has prompted comparisons between the US president and villains from comic books and film.

[...]

Local media reported that the leaders’ placing their hands on the globe “officially activated the [the new Global Centre for Combating Extremist Ideology] and launched a splashy welcome video”. But, in an ironic twist, the image of the inauguration swiftly drew comparisons to Hydra, the villainous organisation bent on world domination of the Marvel universe.

[...]

Even Breitbart News seemed to convey disbelief at the image, sharing it on Twitter alongside a still of George Lucas’ response to criticism of his Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace: “I may have gone too far in a few places.”

  Guardian







Check the look on Abdulaziz' face.  It looks like he's peeking over to see if it's actually working on Trump.  The close-up, on the other hand...


Trump is creepy enough in regular light.


How ironic is it that a couple of dictators and a man whose business dealings involved racketeers, mobsters and money laundering, are christening an anti-terror center?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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