Notations On Our World (Special Sunday Edition): On the Eve of a New Week.....

Dubai, UAE (Source; The Interecept) 

It has been quite a 24 remarkable 24 hours.   President Trump went after the Mayor 

Of London as the Mayor tried to calm the situation which provoked a backlash on 

social media.    The Spokesman for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, noted that,

 "...he's got better things to do.." and the Labor Leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

 was no less gracious to the President during remarks on Sunday.  What was 

especially interesting was how the US Embassy in London reacted in direct

contradiction of President as reported by CNN: 

In contrast to a critical tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. Embassy 

in the UK sent out words of praise for London Mayor Sadiq Khan's leadership. 

It was among three tweets offering condolences and heaping praise on police, 

emergency responders and ordinary Londoners. The tweets were signed by 

Lew Lukens, the embassy's chargé d'affaires ad interim.

U.S. Embassy London@USAinUK

I commend the strong leadership of the @MayorofLondon as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack. – LLukens 3/3  https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/871270734835965952 …

Mayor of London on Twitter

We are all shocked and angry today - but this is our city. We will never let these cowards win and we will never be cowed by terrorism. pic.twitter.com/o7ZMwg28mv

Mayor of London@MayorofLondon

June 4, 2017 11:36am PDT

Our team could not help but wonder how long the Acting Ambassador will be at his post
 before he is relieved of his responsibility as the US officially still does not have an 
Ambassador.   The President spoke later on in the evening at an event at the
Ford Theatre in Washington, though, paying tribute ot the victims and vowing that all 
that can be done will be done.  This is as the UK is faced with National Elections on 
Thursday as the Former Director of the FBI is slated to testify.     The subject of the 
inquiry and the testimony was topic 1 on The US  Public Affairs Shows.   It was
 especially interesting to note how Senator Jon Coryn of Texas noted how the 
President created problems with his "twitter habit".   

Our view is that the UK Elections is going to be a nail-biter especially in light of the
 attacks as the record of the current Prime Minister and former Home Secretary
(Interior Minister) will be questioned.    Some 20,000 Police Officers have lost their 
jobs--as there are some reports that some 23,000 radicals are under surveillance in 
the United Kingdom right now.  The Labor Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, noted this during 
remarks as he said that, ".,you can't  protect the public on the cheap..." as the 
Prime Minister came out with a 4-Point plan  which has come under criticism as well.

As we went to press gearing up for the new week, we also got reports here in our 
Virtual Newsroom that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, The UAE & Egypt  have broken diplomatic
relations with Qatar citing National Security Concerns--as such, the bulk of .   This 
is as the Intercept has done a major expose of efforts spearheaded by the 
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to undermine Qatar and Kuwait by enticing
one of the leading neo-conservative think tanks in Washington, the Foundation for the 
Defense of Democracy--in addition to the Atlantic Council.    The foundation has 
been at the forefront of opposition to the Iran Nuclear  Deal.   The status of the
Foundations was also the subject of a major New York Times expose last year with
 a focus of  Corporate America--but the influence of Foreign Governments advancing
their own causes was problematic.     

As we went to press, we also were on the prowl assessing Iraq and the battle for Mosul.  
Iranian-backed Shitte militas are making great headway as horrific scenes of victims 
were shown throughout the day on Al Jazeera (one of our partners who we feature 
live here).  There is and Syria which has not been as prevalent due to the attacks in 
the UK--and of course OneLove Manchester that our team released a newsflash 
earlier today.   

It will be quite a week....