Some people have lost the ability to distinguish between domestic and international politics. They've got this weird idea in their heads that because more nationalism and less globalism is good for the United States, more nationalism in Russia is somehow good for the United States as well. Because that makes the Russians "anti-globalist" as well, and therefore the natural allies of anti-globalist Americans as well.
But that's not how it works at all. Different countries have different national interests, so just because two countries are both nationalistic doesn't mean their interests actually align. That's particularly true in the case of Russia and China, who actually favor globalization as long as they're the ones running things. And whereas our version of nationalism means greater independence and less involvement in the affairs of other nations, their version of nationalism is expansionistic/hegemonistic.
But to a weird subset - not all - of Trump supporters, Russia is actually the good guy in all this because they're anti-Klaus Schwaub/anti-WEF. But the Russian position isn't based on a belief in greater national sovereignty for every nation - it's based upon their belief that they should be the ones in charge.
I think you have nailed it.
Russia and China, either one, will oppose globalization if they thought for a second they would not be the ones on top of the heap on the top of the heap and running it.
I agree that their nationalism is motivated by them no more wanting to be run by the WEF than the average American who is paying attention.
The only advantage for them of globalization is that it has so far weakened the other sovereign powers on the planet who are buying in, enhancing the Russian position because Russia refuses to join in, at least until they have an advantage.
Yes, we've seen people, even here, who have perhaps mistaken Putin's anti WEF/Globalist stance for upholding
all national sovereignty against the globalists, but Putin's actions in Ukraine belie that concept. While he wants Russia to remain sovereign, he does not respect the sovereignty of Ukraine, and given the chance would expand that even beyond the Moldovan problems or the puppets in Belarus.
The enemy of my enemy is sometimes just the enemy of my enemy, and not a friend.