Dude - you're the one that quite ignorantly "sprouted" that NATO membership was a "bargaining chip" with Putin......
Off course it is THE MAJOR bargaining chip. It has always been solely Putin who lives in fear of Ukraine being a NATO member. Aside from his Ukrainian NAZI polemic - this was exactly as to what he constantly forwarded to "justify" his attacks onto a sovereign country, which never posed a credible threat to Russia.
Furthermore Putin has absolutely NO say, as to who becomes a NATO member.
If Putin want's to continue the war with his mediocre military & N-Korean aboriginals - fine, more NATO assistance would come - with or without the USA.
So far, only Ukrainians had to die - Not NATO nor any US troops. Ukraine had made it very clear that their ultimate goal is to become a NATO and EU member - and that's exactly as to what they were willing to sacrifice 500,000 people for, so far.
The USA provoked this war - and now the US simply wants to chicken out of it, just as in Afghanistan, and is impertinent enough to even compromise, sabotage the peace talks whilst excluding Ukraine - simply due to some human scumbag wanting to impress his voter sheep whilst trying to earn a buck in Ukraine and Russia.
If Harris had won the election - only you MAGA sheep and some Lefty dolts in Europe would propagate that Putin would be willing to risk a nuclear confrontation.
After this open betrayal, you honestly believe that Europe is still willing to come to aid the USA - if they get into a confrontation with China alongside with Russia and N-Korea??
Trump is destroying a solid military alliance lasting for 75 years - within weeks. And Putin and Xi are laughing their heads off.
You naive enough to believe that Japan, Taiwan and S-Korea will place any further trust onto the USA, knowing that if necessary they will be played/ bargained off by the USA making a "Deal" just as in the case of Ukraine??
**** the USA and it's Foreign policy, **** TRUMP and his ignorant sheep.