The Orb of Riyadh

2017: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump and
President Trump during the opening of an anti-extremist center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (NYT)

There has been no credible explanation* for all the strange events that have occurred since 2016--pandemic, wildfires, droughts, floods, locusts, tornadoes, stock market booms and busts--until yesterday's WSJ reminded us of an all-but-forgotten event in early 2017:

President Trump produced one of the most memorable photos of his presidency when he placed his hands on a glowing Orb at the opening of a new center to combat Islamic extremism during a visit to Saudi Arabia nearly three years ago.

To those who are skeptical of the power of the supernatural, we will remind them that many educated people believe that we can magically eliminate all petroleum products like gasoline and plastics without any diminution in our quality of life or can have a government takeover of the entire medical industry, give everyone free medical care, and keep the miracle cures coming.

Whether the orb is a conduit to the supernatural merits further study, but unfortunately

It is locked up, largely forgotten, in storage at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh....exactly where U.S. officials won’t say.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the orb has been moved to Area 51.

Gently painted on the evening sky
By a Hand, infinitely Divine.
The orange orb rests assuredly--
-------Lawan, 2016

*Global warmists may claim credit, but not even they predicted the coronavirus pandemic or the plague of locusts. Furthermore, California was going to have droughts forever until it had four consecutive normal-to-wet winters. If it's science, I say make the prediction! Will we have a bad hurricane season? Will we have a dry or wet winter? If it's obvious in retrospect only, then it's religion (the earth quaked because of our sins).