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Good morning.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Old foes and new friends.

The Trump administration sought on Wednesday to isolate the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, for having backed the government of Syria after a lethal chemical weapons attack. (Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution condemning the attack.)

President Trump also expressed a newfound appreciation for NATO, a “great alliance” that he once derided as obsolete.