Why does everyone always write Clark as a total idiot and fool.
Why do all writers assume everyone is stupid enough to give hostage takers what they ask for?
Until Clark showed himself Trask couldn't do anything. Why couldn't Clark find a nice disaster somewhere to fix leaving Trask looking like a fool?
Or have a Press conference from Paris or London expressing his full trust in the Metropolis Police Department and the FBI.
Or if you feel he had to show himself why not have Clark burn up the remote and whisk Trask away. Drop him off somewhere and return to deal with the rest of Trask's gang?
To me it seems the entire point of this incident is to have Clark stuck in the USA without his powers and miss his date with Lois.
