A startling photograph of US President Donald Trump, the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud placing their hands on a glowing orb at at the opening event for the new Global Centre for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh has prompted comparisons between the US president and villains from comic books.
The image of the inauguration swiftly drew comparisons to Hydra, the villainous organisation bent on world domination of the Marvel universe, the Guardian reported.
The US president is in the Gulf kingdom on his first state tour.
