A top-ranking GOP lawmaker warns President Trump to "double down" on U.S friendships and "be careful" in phone conversations with allies.

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"We have allies like Australia who go to war with us, go to war with us, when we ask. ... Conversations we have with the Australian Prime Minister might be quite different than one we might have with President Putin ... the President has to be careful with those kinds of conversations with our friends," Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Penn.) says in an interview with The Hill's Molly K. Hooper.

In responding to reports of a confrontational phone call between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Dent adds "this is time to double down on our friendships and alliances, especially now given threats to world order."

Watch the video above to hear Dent in his own words.