You may have forgotten by now, but Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz has spent this year trying to run for president. Unsurprisingly, his attempt at being an independent candidate was a dud. And now he’s made it official that he isn’t going to run.

Viewed on its own, this doesn’t really affect the 2020 race one iota. While some pundits speculated that a strong Schultz candidacy could absorb anti-Trump votes, thus inadvertently boosting his reelection prospects, his lack of actual support means that his leaving the race doesn’t really matter.