Notations On Our World (Special Friday Edition): On the Week That Was..

President Trump officially launched his Re-Election bid this week.  Please enjoy the following perspectives on the week that was: 

We close out with this on Sudan as we commend Trevor Noah for his matter-of-fact assessment of the upheaval in Susan: 
 

Boris Johnson (Source:  The Economist) 

#WeShallOvercome as we remember the 70 Million of our brothers and sisters who are refugees as the World remembered refugees on World Refugee Day yesterday.   This is as it looked increasingly likely that Boris Johnson would be the new UK Prime Minister and the Economist of London noted this during a commentary this week: 

The Tory leadership race The Boris bubble that threatens Britain’s Conservatives A worrying number of MPs are backing Boris Johnson mainly because others are

Truly Challenging Times  as we close out with this perspective on the current conflict with Iran as only noted by Trevor Noah:

As we went to press, we picked up reporting from the New York Times on President Trump having approved strikes against Iranian Targets that he decided to pull back at the last minute:  

Our team will continue to monitor as the implications will be profound.....

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On #Iran....

We have been following the case of Nazanin Zargari-Ratcliffe as she has been on a hunger strike joined by her husband in front of the Iranian Embassy in London.    We urge Iranian authorities to release Mrs. Ratcliffe immediately so that she and her daughter can leave Iran.  

We have also been following the case of other prisoners along with recent developments including a major declaration by 14 leading writers and activists on a call for the immediate resignation of the Supreme Guide (also referred to as the Supreme Leader in the West).  Three of the signatures had an interview on the Iran-E-Farda Network and our team will have a transcription of it soon.   Iran also shot down a US Drone and President Trump reacted harshly also he noted that he believes it was unintentional.  Our team will continue to assess that as well not withstanding the bellicose rhetoric by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Commanders.

Challenging times...

Notations On Our World (@POTUS Weekly Edition): As @realDonaldTrump Begins Re-Election...

As we went to Press, US President Trump accompanied by Vice President Pence and staff left for Florida to formally launch the 2020 Re-Election bid noting how some 75,000+ people had asked for tickets for the arena in Florida.    This is as the tensions with Iran rise, the Acting Defense Secretary has withdrawn as a candidate for Defense Secretary and has resigned his position with immediate effect.     Our team has also been assessing the latest on the Trump Peace Plan as we saw a note from the US Special Envoy about a potential failure of the Peace Plan they have touted as the "Deal of the Century" as neither Israel or members of the Palestinian Leadership will not be at the workshop in Bahrain.


Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert  (whom we regularly feature here in the perspectives property) reflected upon what President Trump was up to:



We close out with this From Jon Stewart as he rebuked the US Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, after he questioned why Jon Stewart was "bent out of Shape" in an interview on Fox News: