Story highlights "In Russia, whenever there is chaos, there is opportunity," Kinzinger said

Kinzinger cautioned that President Trump should stay out of the Qatar crisis

(CNN) Russia is willfully sowing seeds of chaos in the Middle East, according to a Republican congressman and Air Force veteran who served in Iraq.

"Russia doesn't care about chaos in the Middle East," Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Illinois, said on CNN's "New Day" Wednesday morning in the wake of CNN's exclusive report that US investigators believe that Russia planted a fake news story that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies. "They look at every opportunity as what can benefit them and what they see in the Gulf States is a coalition of people against Iran, a coalition of nations that really are friendly to the United States."

"In Russia, whenever there is chaos, there is opportunity," Kinzinger, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, continued. "They see an opportunity among chaos to either hurt the United States, to give Russia a play in the Middle East -- so that's exactly their play here: they just want to sow chaos."

CNN's Alisyn Camerota then asked him what President Donald Trump should do about Russia's alleged meddling with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which have both been allied with the United States.

Kinzinger cautioned the President should stay out of it, "take a deep breath and move forward," and understand this is what Russia wants. He said the United States is in a great position to "quarterback" relations between countries.

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