NATO chief issues warning on Russia's next move, new US bill aims to leave the alliance

A new clash over America’s role in NATO is unfolding on Capitol Hill, just as the alliance issues its starkest warning yet about Russia’s ambitions in Europe.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., this week introduced a bill calling for the United States to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, describing the alliance as “a Cold War relic.” Massie argued that money sent to NATO would be better spent “to defend our own country.” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced a companion bill in the Senate, giving the long-shot proposal a foothold in both chambers of Congress.
The move comes at a moment of heightened anxiety inside NATO. On Thursday, newly installed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte cautioned that Europe could be Russia’s “next target” if the Kremlin succeeds in Ukraine.
“Conflict is at our door,” Rutte said during remarks in Brussels. “And what is standing between what is happening to them and what could happen to us — only NATO.”
Rutte’s warning underscores the widening gap between Washington and European leaders, who are increasingly looking to the United States to maintain its security commitments even as political divisions at home threaten to reshape longstanding alliances.
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