{"id":2587396,"date":"2026-04-05T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-us-needs-more-friends-in-rebuttal-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:56:23","slug":"jeffries-says-us-needs-more-friends-in-rebuttal-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-us-needs-more-friends-in-rebuttal-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries says US needs &#8216;more friends&#8217; in rebuttal to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeffries-says-us-needs-more-friends-in-rebuttal-to-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged President Trump to stop threatening U.S. allies and to avoid withdrawing from NATO, arguing there should be a bipartisan effort to keep the alliance intact. He stressed that NATO has helped keep the United States and the world safer since World War II and criticized Trump for attacking allies and cozying up to Vladimir Putin. Jeffries called for keeping \u201cmore friends, not more adversaries\u201d and warned against making a reckless choice by leaving NATO.<\/p>\n<p>The interview also touched on domestic and political dynamics, with Jeffries noting Democratic gains in recent elections and saying voters want action on the cost of living. He argued Democrats will continue to push back against extremism and pursue necesary changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-bizarre-initiatives-from-bidens-45-billion-tribal-spending-spree\/\" title=\"7 Bizarre Initiatives From Biden\u2019s  Billion Tribal Spending Spree\">improve everyday life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the piece links Trump\u2019s hard line on Iran and his push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-push-biden-to-include-10-trillion-climate-plan-in-infrastructure-package\/\" title=\"Progressives ... Biden to Include  Trillion Climate Plan in Infrastructure Package\">higher energy prices<\/a>, which coudl hurt Republicans in the upcoming elections. Trump has framed demands around the Strait and other policy moves, while critics argue such stances add risk and volatility.the article portrays Jeffries as advocating for alliance-based diplomacy and domestic-focused governance amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >polarized political landscape<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jeffries says US needs &lsquo;more friends&rsquo; in rebuttal to Trump&rsquo;s NATO withdrawal threats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2551352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> should stop issuing &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-biden-elevates-harris-to-president-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"White House Report Card: Biden elevates Harris to ... - Washington Examiner\">threats&#038;rdquo<\/a>; against the United States&rsquo; allies on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has slammed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in recent weeks due to his belief that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4513306\/nato-chief-rutte-visit-trump\/\">the alliance has failed to effectively target Iran<\/a> along with the U.S. and secure the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>. The president has also said it is &ldquo;beyond reconsideration&rdquo; on whether he would reconsider the U.S. membership of NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries said he hopes there will be a &ldquo;bipartisan effort&rdquo; to convince the Trump administration not to engage in a &ldquo;reckless choice&rdquo; by withdrawing from NATO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This is a dangerous world. We need more friends, not more adversaries. And we should not walk away from an alliance that has actually kept the world and the United States as safe as possible in the aftermath of World War II,&rdquo; Jeffries said on ABC&rsquo;s <em>This Week with George Stephanopoulos<\/em>. &ldquo;And the president should stop issuing these threats and attacking our allies while coddling up to people like Vladimir Putin and Russia, which is a sworn enemy of the United States of America. He&lsquo;s got our priorities in terms of our friends and our adversaries all wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3462128&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=54d56fc4ebe8ecac14cfa6e211732119\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anchor George Stephanopoulos also asked Jeffries about the Congressional Democrats&rsquo; unpopularity with voters, noting it&rsquo;s almost on par with Trump&rsquo;s. Jeffries argued that his party has been winning various elections over the last 15 months, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4502514\/trump-mar-a-lago-democrat-florida-emily-gregory\/\">a Democratic flip in a Florida district where Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago resort resides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries added that Democrats &ldquo;understand&rdquo; that voters want to see &ldquo;action&rdquo; on the cost of living. He said his party will continue to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-demand-investigation-into-irans-nuclear-violations\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into ...\u2019s Nuclear Violations\">forcefully push back<\/a> against the extremism&rdquo; while convincing voters that Democrats will bring about &ldquo;necessary&rdquo; changes.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/4515434\/america-must-make-example-of-spain-pedro-sanchez\/\"><strong>AMERICA MUST MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF SPAIN&rsquo;S PEDRO SANCHEZ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s war with Iran and bid to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4510366\/gas-prices-trump-iran-war-midterms\/\">putting pressure on U.S. gas prices, which have surged<\/a> since the conflict&rsquo;s beginning in late February. Prices continuing to rise could seriously harm Trump and the Republican Party&rsquo;s bid to keep the majority in Congress this November.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that Tuesday will mark &ldquo;Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day,&rdquo; and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4516504\/trump-iran-open-hormuz-strait-energy-plants\/\">demanded that<\/a> the Iranian regime reopen the Strait of Hormuz. If it isn&rsquo;t reopened, he warned, the regime will be &ldquo;living in Hell.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries: US needs more allies; oppose NATO withdrawal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2587397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26078605518423-e1775412760968.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,50462,50470,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2587396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-jeffries-2","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26078605518423-e1775412760968.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587400,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587396\/revisions\/2587400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}