There was Trump's bawling out of the NATO countries just before that meeting with Putin, his comments about Brexit and the merits of Boris Johnson as a possible Prime Minister on his visit to the UK. There was his comment about the EU as a "foe" in trade.
As is often the case, some find solace from the uncertainty in absurdity.
There were placards in Britain such as "this is all terribly upsetting" and one pleading with the Queen not to give Trump the "good biscuits".
Then came analysis of whether the Queen was giving Trump the side-eye in her brooch choice during his time in the UK.
The South Pacific is not immune from this blurring of lines between foes and old allies.
New Zealand too is on the brink of withholding the good biscuits from Australia.
That is around the issue of Australia's policy of deporting people it does not like the look of, whether or not they have been convicted of crimes.
When he was Opposition leader, Justice Minister Andrew Little accused the then National Government of pussy-footing round with Australia, especially around the deportee issue.
This week Little showed what he meant.
The ABC's Foreign Correspondent featured a story on the deportees policy in which Little hit out at Australia for "venal politics."
He accused them of lacking humanitarian ideals and believing they could bypass the processes that should apply in any decent, first world country which claimed to uphold the rule of law.
He questioned Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's Caesar-like power to make final decisions on people's fates without the right to appeal or review.
It had come to a head with the case of the 17-year-old being held in an adult immigration detention centre.
That teenager was released this week after a hearing by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and sent back to his family in Australia after four months in detention.
His fate now rests in the hands of Dutton who can overturn the tribunal's ruling.
It came on top of Little accusing Australia of bungling the extradition process, resulted in extraditees being sent back to New Zealand without facing trial.
His wingman in this effort is Peters.
Peters has been criticised for giving Russia and Trump the benefit of the doubt on occasion, but he did Australia no such favours. Peters made it clear the relationship could be in trouble, adding that it was at a time when the two countries needed to be close.
Peters had also lambasted them a fortnight ago for breaching human rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Thus far the attempts to shame Australia have fallen on deaf ears – Dutton has simply dismissed it as "emotion" and maintained Australia can do what it wants.
As yet there is no talk of retaliatory measures, partly because to pay back in kind would not be practising what New Zealand is preaching.
It is also because New Zealand governments live in fear of Australia clawing back freedom of movement. New Zealand still needs Australia more than it needs us.
But this Government is less squeamish about such things than the previous.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has even previously said New Zealand would retaliate if Australia went ahead with the now abandoned proposal for New Zealanders to pay international student fees in Australia.
Australia and New Zealand have repeatedly described the relationship as "family".
And the deportees' issue is just the latest in an ever-growing list of grievances in the power imbalance between the two countries.
Relying on our shared military history just does not cut it anymore.
Little's efforts are akin to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to impose tariffs on the US. "We're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around."
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull need not expect the Toffee Pops if there is no give by the time the next leaders' meeting is held in New Zealand.
