His perspective is on the money. The Saudis backed this whole revolt against the Assad regime to begin with using jihadists and the Russians and Iranians got in the way of the whole enterprise.
Now we have to have demonization of Russia to get rid of Assad on behalf of what?
Saudi Arabia and Western nations connected to it by financial ties.
Even President Trump visited the place and did the sword dance with their royals last year. Saudi money is buying US military weapons and will be used to build infrastructure in this country.
This is ultimately about Israel in the long run...and that’s what puts Putin in a bind.