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Airstrikes, Drones, Tariffs: Being US Friend Not What It Used To Be

US President Donald Trump, seen here at a Yankees baseball game in New York, has committed to an America first policy, occasionally leaving international allies flummoxed over how to gain influence with Washington (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump returned to the White House vowing always to put America first. In recent days, even longtime US allies have found out the hard way that friendship has limits.

Russia, which has rebuffed Trump's pleas for a ceasefire in Ukraine, apparently fired 17 drones that landed Wednesday in Poland -- whose security is guaranteed by the US-backed NATO alliance and whose president visited the White House the previous week.

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