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The two most fruitful paths for world leaders to navigate the tumult of President Donald Trump’s second term are opposite ones. You can either do your best to praise, ingratiate yourself with and pander to an American president whose egotism is constantly on show. Or you can set yourself in tacit or explicit opposition to the world’s most powerful nationalist, recognizing that this display of defiance may boost you politically at home even if it incurs the wrath of the White House.