This weekend President Donald Trump traveled to the Middle East as part of his first overseas trip as commander in chief. Not surprisingly, he brought many members of his staff with him.
Among them was White House Chief Strategist (and former executive chair of Breitbart News) Steve Bannon, who was also one of the main proponents of Trump’s immigration ban on majority Muslim countries. As such, you might expect Bannon to be a little uncomfortable in Saudi Arabia.
And you would be right.
Several videos and photos emerged this weekend of Bannon awkwardly shaking hands with or sitting next to Muslim dignitaries. And not surprisingly, they all quickly became memes:
steve bannon looks so uncomfortable here and it rules pic.twitter.com/GlPQJPUTts
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/darth/status/866114945812844544
https://twitter.com/mustaphahitani/status/866145117886758912
Steve Bannon is me at family gatherings. pic.twitter.com/DomLdN0P3S
— Lina Arabi (@LinaArabii) May 21, 2017
Steve Bannon looks like Michael Jackson when he's being surrounded by the zombies in the Thriller video. pic.twitter.com/TzY3WYILpq
— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/MrBrendanBlack/status/866262230660136960
Why does Steve Bannon always look like he's about to cry? pic.twitter.com/8eoNTqfxos
— LeGate (@williamlegate) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/2020fight/status/866070745159417856
*Steve Bannon trying to hold his breath so he doesn't get infected with Sharia* pic.twitter.com/tu6h4kIgT1
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) May 20, 2017
That moment you realize you're surrounded by people that you've claimed for years want to kill you pic.twitter.com/7Cvo1yHu5t
— Shahed Amanullah (@shahed) May 20, 2017
Bannon’s boss became a meme on his own after he touched a glowing white orb.
