When A Picture Says A Thousand Words.

Summit leaders pose for a family photo at the G-20 summit hosted by China’s President Xi Jinping center, in Hangzhou, China. Among the leaders pictured are U.S. President Barack Obama, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sixth from left, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, seventh from left, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, top center, Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Stephen Crowely/Pool Photo via AP)

Nothing captures the global political climate better than this picture.  A concerned looking Obama peers over at the action side of the bottom row, as Erdogan and Putin discuss matters that must surely make Obama want to be a fly on the wall,,,