So this was back on December 1, 2021 and we all know how that turned out, US pretty much said that Russia is not allowed to have national security interests in any country and NATO will expand anywhere it wishes. Because freedoms and such (except where it's not convenient for US like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Myanmar, Turkey etc...) \
Actually what US said was "No, we will not tell another country that they can never ever join our alliance no matter what."
Except that is the same thing said politely, while behind the scene bribing Zelensky to insist on joining,