The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.
Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes...
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering or diminishing the sum of happiness.