alienating

It was a vital element in the diplomatic balancing act taking place, as the UK government tries to shore up Western support for Ukraine, without alienating and aggravating the Trump administration in the US.

It is alienating when a teacher butchers your name in a classroom, when someone pauses before saying it, or when they altogether give you another name to simplify their inability to pronounce it.

Indeed, diplomats from several of those countries are already discussing countermeasures that can safeguard their own intelligence communities from potential exposure to their adversaries while not alienating their strongest ally.

But newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio will need to be careful to avoid alienating long-standing U.S. allies who say they are already taking a robust role in curbing illegal immigration and accepting deportees.

“Our party has a sad — and politically self-defeating — history of alienating immigrant groups.”