Like others who can't see the new realities coming down Broadway, he wants to promise membership as part of a peace settlement

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) laid out a scenario where Ukraine should receive “automatic admission” into NATO, days after other U.S. officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that membership for the country into the 32-member alliance is unrealistic.

Graham urged NATO members to increase pressure on Russia, threatening to admit Ukraine into the alliance if Russian dictator Vladimir Putin launches another invasion, after the current war ends. He noted that while "nobody wants to be a provocateur,

In 2014, the US limited itself to providing only humanitarian aid to Ukraine. However, there is now an opportunity to do what was not done back then, according to a statement by US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham during the Munich Conference.