"It's not in the US interest to be in a war with Russia. Why should we be in a war with Russia?
The Russian presidents told us absolutely clearly we can cooperate, we can have normal relations but don't crowd us with your military bases on our border something the United States leaders should understand the exact meaning of.
Because we set that position 201 years ago in the Monroe Doctrine and we have repeated it basically every year since which is don't crowd us with your military in our neighborhood.