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[dukealien]

I wasn't asking for Trump to stand up before a crowd of his constituents and proclaim that the world is indeed round. I merely think that he's missing an opportunity for a grand photo op that offends neither the left or the right. "Trump Saves the Rain forest" would explode on the internet. Seems to me a prudent US president could deal with this at very little cost and put some minds at ease. Even if those minds were uninformed, misinformed, ill-informed, or just plain paranoid.

That's a well-balanced way to look at it. No matter which way a politician jumps, heads will explode. Standing pat with the base at least has the virtue of integrity (of a sort), but in some cases one base or the other expects its representatives to play frog to its momentary enthusiasms. Yada "worst form," yada "...except for all the others."