Trump will make his first address to the United Nations General Assembly today where he will lay out the Trump Doctrine and remind the world he ran a political campaign that was anti-world and "American First" - it should be a fascinating spectacle.
Trump's address to the 72nd session of the UNGA will take place at 10:30 am ET.
BTW - White House advisers are so deeply skeptical of Trump's worldview that an American Power 101 session was held for POTUS at the Pentagon this summer. This news report reminds me of this stunning clip from Game Change where Sarah Palin receives a debrief on what's happening in the world - you can see the clip here.
Ending the EU's role in British life has been a 30-year issue for the UK Conservative Party and any hope that a Brexit vote would settle the matter within the political party hasn't happened. In fact, the outcome of the referendum vote seems to have made the divisions in the party even worse. The divisions are not surprising. The voters made a multi-generational decision which will shape the United Kingdom's culture, business, laws, academics, and global engagement for many, many decades.
PM May's how-to-depart the EU speech is set for Friday from Florence, Italy, which just got more intense with the release of Foreign Secretary Johnson's oped opus on the same subject. May and Johnson will see each other today as part of their UNGA duties. Some speculate that May wishes she could ask Johnson to stay behind in New York City and pursue a new line of work.
Germany is off to the polls on Sunday to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. Many are expecting the vote will lead to a fourth term for Angela Merkel as Chancellor.
Robert Mueller's investigation into the Russian shenanigans of Election 2016 is broad, aggressive, and moving fast. Following an early morning raid on Paul Manafort's house in July, where the FBI even took photos of his well-stocked suit closet, Manafort was informed to expect an indictment.
I am not smart enough to know if Bitcoin is a place to invest, but I do know Chinese authorities crave control, especially over the nation's money and banking. So I do know a Bitcoin in the Middle Kingdom has a harsh existence.
Toys ‘R’ Us has filed for Chapter 11 protection, Facebook Messenger now has 1.3 billion monthly average users, and NBC tells Super Bowl advertisers to use kids or puppies, but not both in their commercials during the big game.
Mark Beaumont rode his bike around the world in only 79 days and NFL ratings continue to be downward possibly because the on-the-field product just isn't that good.
QOTD: Branding + Effort
Ross Rant | September 18, 2017
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is happening this week in New York City. Look for never-ending traffic snarls to engulf Manhattan and holding a copy of The Economist, and not Vogue, is finally cool, well at least for a week.
The politics of No. 10 are heating up. An internal Tory review of the election blamed a disastrous manifesto rollout for the shocking result and Boris Johnson is back in the game with a 4,000-word opus on how the UK should exit the EU.
Will Asia become rich before it goes gray? The number of people aged 65+ in Asia will be more than half a billion in 2027, accounting for 60% of that age group globally. If you believe demographics is destiny, India looks to hold the future of growth in Asia.
Kill, hand, club: How Xi Jinping is taking control of the Chinese Communist Party.
We might have reached peak-Twitter. Even China’s Communist Youth League now has a Twitter account
The list of agencies, investigators, and committees that have or want Facebook data related to Election 2016 grows by the hour. Preventing Mark and Sheryl from testifying before Congress is the number one GR, PR, and PA objective for Team Facebook.
Slack is now valued at $5 billion.
“The Handmaid’s Tale,” "Big Little Lies," and “Saturday Night Live” dominated the Emmy awards last night.
What they are reading at Kenan-Flagler: Applications to full-time MBA programs in the US fell for a third straight year. The format has become stale, teaching classes for a business world that doesn't exist coupled with the rise of entrepreneurship.
