JEFF GREENFIELD:

It may not sound at first blush to make sense but it's part, I think, of the whole overhang that has dominated our political atmosphere recently, which is tribalism — you know, pick a side, put on the uniform and that's who you root for.

So here's what I mean. All right, We know that the picture of the two leaders of the Koreas doesn't mean that it's a done deal. We know that in the past we've had deals where the United States has become Charlie Brown and North Korea has been Lucy with the football. But still, when you compare where we are now to say a year ago with North Korea throwing missiles into the Pacific and that the president talking about fire and fury, this has got to be seen as a step forward, and it's even plausible that some of the credit belongs to the president for his rather unconventional approach to bluster and then diplomacy.

And my question is, is there anybody on the really anti-Trump side of the spectrum who's even willing to say OK on this one, I think the president deserves some credit. And the connection between the celebrities that you mentioned was, any word of praise for the president draws this absolute outrage from people who find the president absolutely irredeemably bad. And I think we're going to see an interesting political version of that is that will any of the Democratic contenders for president, will any of them say, yeah on that one I think you know the president may deserve credit or will that, almost by definition, rule that potential candidate out.