Walter really is beginning to slip into Tony Montana territory, I mean the guy has lost it. He thinks he's building an empire, when really the walls are beginning to close in on him, he just can't see it.
Walt, like Tony, seems to think that being a drug kingpin will buy him respect but it won't. It might give him power, but not the kind of power someone can be proud of, that their kids could be proud of.
Hearing Jesse talk about the money Walt originally wanted to make, and his reasons for wanting that money really just hits home how far Walt has fallen into delusion.