Senator names red line for US withdrawal from NATO – and sets conditions for defense alliance. The alliance has to decide: Ukraine or the USA.

Since the start of the Ukraine war, the alliance has expanded to include two members. US Senator Mike Lee argued in an opinion article that the alliance “neither needs additional members at this point nor should it seek them” Russia's attack is an even bigger hurdle: unresolved territorial conflicts within its own territory are a no-go for inclusion.