Trump Is R.O.A.D. (Retired On Active Duty)

While the leaders of the world's major economies held a virtual G20 summit meeting, Trump was busy with his usual occupations - golf, Twitter and TV.  A key component of this G20 was an emphasis on coordinating the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Trump skipped that important session entirely and played golf instead.  He later appeared in a video attacking the Paris Climate Accord that was roundly ignored.  His final opportunity on the world stage ended with Trump again absent.

As best we know, no G20 participants told Trump to his virtual face that his time is up, and no one here will write him off until he is finally gone.

But he seemed to make the point himself as the G20 wrapped and the King delivered the final communique while surrounded by leaders in their zoom boxes, Trump was not in his chair -- instead an uninterested underling, in an apparent final gesture of contempt.

For many Trump's exit from the top table of global decision-making will be a welcome break from four stormy years of bullying and lies. The metaphor was completed during the final G20 communique.