McCaul urges Biden to set 'red lines' with Russia, warns use of nuclear weapons would be 'nightmare scenario'

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, talks to Fox News Digital about Russia's war on Ukraine and what President Biden needs to do during his trip to Brussels to project American strength.

EXCLUSIVE: PONTE VEDRA, FLA.— Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News Wednesday that President Biden needs to set "red lines" with regard to weapons of mass destruction with Russia, warning that Moscow’s potential use of nuclear weapons "would be a nightmare scenario."

During an interview with Fox News on the sidelines of the House Republican Issues Conference Wednesday, McCaul, R-Texas, said he hopes Biden will "show American leadership" this week during his trip to Brussels for a NATO summit and later, to Poland.

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"I think he has to reassure our allies that we’re with them, and also to get these Eastern flank countries, NATO countries, to put into Ukraine anti-aircraft missiles—they have them, and they haven’t agreed to send them into Ukraine yet," McCaul said. "If we could get those in, Zelenskyy would have his no-fly zone, in addition to lethal drones."

McCaul said that he feels the United States can provide Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with what he needs "by giving him the tools and the weapons so that he can create his own no-fly zone."

Zelenskyy has been pleading for the United States and western allies to implement a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as Russia continues to wage its multi-front war against the country.

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) urged Biden to set "red lines" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  ((Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Biden administration, though, has warned that the creation of a no-fly zone would be seen as