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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A mysterious glowing orb is exerting uncanny power over the world’s social media.

President Trump, King Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt entered a darkened room filled with row after row of computers in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on Sunday evening.

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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.

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

>>2006716

was also a red carpet event

The centre has employed data analysts from across the world to monitor and analyse extremist propaganda and communications on both traditional and online platforms.

The opening of the centre followed Mr Trump's major speech in which he called on Middle Eastern leaders to combat a "crisis of Islamic extremism" emanating from the region.

Mr Trump received a warm welcome from Arab leaders who have set aside his past campaign rhetoric, instead focusing on his desire to crack down on Iran.

In 2016 Mr Trump declared that "Islam hates us".

But on Sunday, standing before dozens of Muslim world leaders, he said Islam was "one of the world's great faiths".

>>2006826

If Saudi did 9/11 WTF are we doing?