Commentary: In an age of cowardly leaders, we're holding out for a hero. Spider-Man to the rescue!

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Set us as preferred President Trump on Monday held a meeting at the White House to celebrate the heroic action of 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams, who saved the life of 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai when the boy was swept off his feet along the Santa Cruz coast.A video of the rescue went viral.

“He’s a real hero.I don’t know if I’d do it.

I wouldn’t, probably,” Trump said of Williams.He then addressed the boy, “You’re lucky I wasn’t on the service that day.”Trump’s cowardice was on full display, as it had been a week earlier when reports surfaced of a flight he was meant to take out of Turkey after a NATO meeting in July.

The military received intel of a possible assassination attempt by Iran, so the president secretly disembarked from Air Force One, hid in an airport catering container with aide Natalie Harp, and was whisked away to another jet waiting on the tarmac.But somewhere in all the chaos, Trump managed to post on Truth Social that he was flying out of Turkey on Air Force One — the possibly targeted plane he had left behind with press and members of his administration still on board.

The president sent the decoy plane into the air with everyone inside.With leaders like this, is it any wonder that the public still has an insatiable appetite for superheroes? They are selfless protectors (yes, even Deadpool) who put themselves on the line to save others.

Even as many of the films and TV series anchored by Marvel or DC characters cease to be original, creative or even good, the mad love persists for Iron Man, Batman, Wonder Woman and other masked, gaudily costumed heroes.Case in point: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” just smashed domestic records with a $360-million debut in North America, crossing the $800-million mark faster than any movie, ever.

Peter Parker is, after all, the most relatab...