Not necessarily. They (those with a globalist agenda) want to keep the illusion going as long as they can. Americans, as they were in the pre-WWII years, are not yet on board to support a full scale war. They are, however, still sleepy enough not to see that our shadow help to Ukraine is there. Keep us distracted enough with "bread and circuses" while we are bled dry economically so that the WEF can continue to move to the Great Reset.

Putin a savior of the world? I don't know, but if I happened to be in his spot, seeing the very real possibility that his country and its culture, and identity are threatened and has been by NATO expansion, I might make the same choices.