And all this that Putin does for Russia, and sure he's making himself super rich in the process, but in the end, so what?

The thing about nationalist elites is that their wealth is ultimately tied to the well being of their own country. Thus, they have every incentive to make sure their nation prospers. In contrast, globalist elites are rootless individuals whose wealth is not tied to any country at all. Their loyalty is to multinational corporations and the free flow of wealth around the world. For this reason, the globalists are fundamentally opposed to nationalism, which disrupts their fragile ecology of power.

All this makes him a target for the media and politicians worldwide, a bit like Trump.

The American establishment hated Trump for many reasons. One of the larger points of tension was that he refused to get the country involved in any new wars, which infuriated the Neocons and the Zionists. They had a window of opportunity to destroy Syria and possibly Iran, but Trump never did anything more than cruise missile strikes or drone strikes. Now, even though Biden is in office, both of those countrys have rearmed and signed pacts with Russia, which makes them much less vulnerable to attack. The Americans are now at a strategic impasse in the Middle East and elsewhere, all because of Trumps aversion to war. His Presidency was a curse to the Deep State.