 Matagorda County includes coastal areas in southeast Texas, south and west of Houston and Galveston. Election results in Europe and the United Nations may affect Ukraine and the survival of the NATO alliance. The rise of populist nationalist movements in Europe and increased isolationism here in the U.S. puts NATO at a crossroads, with European allies scrambling to prepare for a possible Trump presidency and the threat the U.S. may stop funding the war in Ukraine or pull out of NATO.