Largely, yes (probably not "mainly," as there are several primary reasons to my mind, but I won’t spew a dissertation about it here). I think there’s ample suggestion in Unfinished Tales that Saruman was nursing ever-increasing envy and scorn of Gandalf for a couple millenia. I could definitely see that coming to a head in really overblown, paranoid ways once Saruman’s ruin has quite unhinged him.
Thank you for reading and commenting. Glad it worked for you, I know this wasn't the most lighthearted drabble set (still isn't I suppose, since I've neglected yet to finish it).
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Would that mean that he targets the Shire, in your view, also mainly because of Gandalf?
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