JUST when you think American politics cannot get any weirder, the White House announced that Barack Obama will trek through the Alaskan wilderness with Bear Grylls for an upcoming episode of “Running Wild with Bear Grylls.”

    It sounds like an Onion spoof, or perhaps Sarah Palin’s worst nightmare, but Tuesday the U.S. president was due to receive wilderness survival training from the British television adventurer to raise awareness about climate change.

    Obama is currently on a three-day visit to Alaska and will team up with Grylls on Exit glacier in the Kenai mountains.

    The episode will air on NBC later this year.

    Grylls, who originally rose to international fame through his first television series “Man vs. Wild,” has used his latest program to teach various celebrities survival skills to get by in the wild.

    With Donald Trump dominating headlines, and a Republican-controlled Congress determined to make Obama a lame-duck president, teaming up with Grylls is expected to help the president grab headlines. (SD-Agencies)