[jimwatx]

He was right the first time, but then pushed to change his mind because his neocon buddies told him it was too late to back out of Ukraine now, so he relented.

[Tench_Coxe]

Yup. His first statement was the accurate one.
When I read it, imho, he was sending a message that it could potentially bring the "existing order" down. That would be the WEF and assorted would be 'Masters of the Universe'.