1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

Please speak out to defend NATO; use your platform to explain the value of allies and alliances. Please do not support any resolution that would lead to US withdrawal from NATO. Marco Rubio and Donald Trump need these reminders. But so do our erstwhile allies, so that our now tattered network of international allies will someday be prepared to trust us again. It is appalling to see decades of understanding and cooperation get trashed by trash talk from the president's bully pulpit. Marco Rubio himself helped to draft a law protecting our membership in NATO. It is beyond shocking that he and Trump are talking so pejoratively about it. Trump's undermining of NATO has included words and deeds-- with the result that our key allies are no longer sharing intelligence. But our membership of NATO depends on Congress and the Senate, not the president's whims. You are surely aware that: "The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed by Biden in late 2023, included a bipartisan measure requiring a two-thirds Senate vote or a separate act of Congress for any future US NATO withdrawal." One of Vladimir Putin's chief objectives has always been to fracture NATO. I urge you to consider that Trump's foreign policy initiatives serve Putin's priorities. In addition to preserving our membership in NATO, I urge you to explore Trump's subservience to Putin. Please consider the Epstein files relevant to the investigation and insist on full release.