{"id":1365,"date":"2017-05-26T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/with-friends-like-these-donald-trump-insults-our-allies\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:33:00","slug":"with-friends-like-these-donald-trump-insults-our-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/with-friends-like-these-donald-trump-insults-our-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018With friends like these\u2026\u2019 Donald Trump Insults Our Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=Windows-1252\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions 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11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">For over 30 years Donald Trump has made a habit of insulting America&rsquo;s G7 allies, empowering adversaries like Vladimir Putin and putting our national security at risk. Here&rsquo;s a collection of insults and criticisms Trump has levied against our G7 allies.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trump made wild accusations of trade violations against <span style=\"color:#00B050\">Canada <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><u><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/04\/24\/donald-trump-invites-conservative-media-to-white-house-for-exclusive-briefing\/\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump<\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> on Canada: &ldquo;They have been very good about taking advantage of us through NAFTA&rdquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on Canada: &ldquo;Canada, what they&rsquo;ve done to our dairy farm workers is a disgrace. It&rsquo;s a disgrace.&rdquo; [Trump remarks at signing of memorandum on foreign steel, Washington DC, 4\/20\/2017]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><i><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">He also took a thinly veiled swipe at Canada&rsquo;s openness to accepting refugees<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughhewitt.com\/donald-trump-on-todays-benghazi-hearing-and-state-of-the-2016-race\/\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump<\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> on Canada: &ldquo;It is heading in a different direction than you might love or I might love, but we&rsquo;ll see what happens.&rdquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trump demanded the dissolution of the <span style=\"color:#00B050\">European Union <\/span>(one of Putin&rsquo;s top priorities)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/donald-trump-interview-brexit-uk-trade-deal-theresa-may-phthbjsmw\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump<\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> on EU: &ldquo;People, countries want their own identity and the UK wanted its own identity&rdquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on EU: &ldquo;It looks like it&rsquo;s on its way [to dissolving]&#8230;I could certainly see it happening. I could see things happening in Germany.&rdquo; [Press conference, Trump Turnberry, Scotland, 6\/24\/16] <\/span> <span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on EU: &ldquo;We have a chance to even go bigger and better if they get weaker.&rdquo; [On the Record, FOX News, 5\/7\/12]<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Evidently unfamiliar with history, Trump decried <span style=\"color:#00B050\">France <\/span>as disloyal to the United States<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on France: &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t go to France because France is no longer France.&rdquo; [Trump News Conference, Miami FL, 7\/27\/16]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on France: &ldquo;France has to be the worst partner that this country has ever had&hellip;[They have been] a very disloyal partner to the United States and virtually anybody else they deal with.&rdquo; [FOX News Sunday, 10\/31\/99]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/1999\/11\/01\/feminist-wears-the-pants-on-team-gore\/\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump<\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> on France: &ldquo;They are a very disloyal group in terms of their government and I think they have to be taught respect.&rdquo; <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trump has lobbed absurd insults at <span style=\"color:#00B050\">Germany<\/span>&rsquo;s Angela Merkel<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on Merkel: [Angela Merkel] is somebody I had a great deal of respect for, I have lost all respect.&rdquo; [FOX Business, 3\/22\/16]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/27\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-transcript.html?_r=0\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump <\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">on Merkel: &ldquo;Germany&rsquo;s being destroyed by Merkel&rsquo;s naivete or worse.&rdquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on Merkel: &ldquo;I was always a big fan of Merkel from Germany. I&rsquo;m not a fan anymore.&rdquo; [Hannity. FOX News, 10\/20\/15]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trump accused <span style=\"color:#00B050\">Japan<\/span> of &ldquo;screwing us&rdquo; and declared himself &ldquo;not a huge fan&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on Japan: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a huge fan of Japan.&rdquo; [Larry King Live, CNN, 5\/17\/05]<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/27\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-transcript.html?_r=0\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump <\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">on Japan self-defense pact: &ldquo;[The self-defense pact is] a pretty one-sided agreement [and] a real problem.&rdquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on Japan: &ldquo;Their openly screwing us is a disgrace. Why aren&#39;t they paying us? The Japanese cajole us, they bow to us, they tell us how great we are and then they pick our pockets. We&#39;re losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year while they laugh at our stupidity.&rdquo; [Playboy, 3\/1\/90]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on Japan: &ldquo;Whatever Japan wants, do the opposite.&rdquo; [St. Petersburg Times, 11\/19\/87]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trump jumped for joy at <span style=\"color:#00B050\">Brexit <\/span>and bragged about how he&rsquo;d make a profit from the economic crash it was predicted to cause<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36606184\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump <\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">on Brexit: &ldquo;I think it&#39;s a great thing that&#39;s happened. It&#39;s an amazing vote, very historic.&rdquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on UK: &ldquo;The fact that the pound is going down, which I think it probably will, more business will come into the UK. I&#39;m not talking about for me. I have a lot of property here, but, more business will come in.&rdquo; [Trump Press Availability, Aberdeen, Scotland, 6\/25\/16]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on UK: &ldquo;I don&#39;t want to have a plummeting pound, but if it does plummet I do well, and if it does well, I do well. I do well in either case. That&#39;s what I do. I do well.&rdquo; [Trump Press Availability, Aberdeen, Scotland, 6\/25\/16]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><i><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">&nbsp;He also feuded with then-Prime Minister David Cameron, partly over Trump&rsquo;s hatred for wind turbines<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump on David Cameron: &ldquo;It looks like we are not going to have a good relationship. I hope to have a good relationship with him but it sounds like he is not willing to address the problem either. People can pretend like it is not existing. But take a look at London, certain sections of some cities throughout the world. It is a disaster. The police want nothing to do with it. It is as bad as it gets.&rdquo; [Good Morning Britain, ITV, 5\/16\/16]<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/276731859713536000\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trump <\/span><\/a><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">on David Cameron: &ldquo;Is PM Cameron a dummy? With monumental cuts in UK spending, how come he continues to spend billions of pounds &#8230; on ruining Scotland&rsquo;s beauty with ugly &amp; costly wind turbines?&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over 30 years Donald Trump has made a habit of insulting America&rsquo;s G7 allies, empowering adversaries like Vladimir Putin and putting our national security at risk. Here&rsquo;s a collection of insults and criticisms Trump has levied against our G7 allies. &nbsp; Trump made wild accusations of trade violations against Canada &nbsp; Trump on Canada: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018With friends like these\u2026\u2019 Donald Trump Insults Our Allies - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/with-friends-like-these-donald-trump-insults-our-allies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-26T20:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/with-friends-like-these-donald-trump-insults-our-allies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/with-friends-like-these-donald-trump-insults-our-allies\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018With friends like these\u2026\u2019 Donald Trump Insults Our Allies - 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