Axis of Testosterone

I only browsed the story but the headline is the important part:

 

Merkel’s Patient Diplomacy Is Tested by Trump and Putin’s ‘Axis of Testosterone’

Wall Street Journal

 

The subhead declares that Merkel is hosting three of the world's most polarizing figures: Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Donald Trump.

 

The last G20 was held in Hangzhou, China in September 2016.  Of the twenty leaders who participated, 16 are still heads of state and participating in Hamburg, Germany now.  Of the three designated members of the 'Axis of Testosterone,' two are returnees: Putin and Erdogan.  Therefore, the replacement of President Barack Obama with President Donald Trump created the axis.  Did President Obama lack testosterone?  Is this an unintentional swipe at his manliness?  I was reminded of Chuck Schumer indirectly calling Obama a 98 pound weakling.

 

Obviously, the headline is contrasting that Merkel - leader of the host country - is a woman and the big personalities are men.  But had Obama been there in Trump's place, this headline would not have been written.