By perverting the word of God to man - His crown of creation made in His own image - it seems plausible that Satan wanted to usurp God's place and subdue man to serve him. What always struck me as strange was Satan KNOWS who Almighty God is and what He can do. He also knows what the Bible says about his final end and that nothing he tries to do will change that. Yet he STILL tries to drag as many down with him as he can in a last ditch spit in the face of God. But Satan can do nothing that God doesn't permit in His perfect will. Not a single soul can he snatch that God has chosen from before the foundation of the world. Jesus said, "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out." (John 6:37).
The devil is a fool! Behind all the pride and self-exaltation, the raging about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, he is already a defeated foe and he will have all eternity to be tormented by that fact! How sad that foolish Satan worshippers imagine they'll be treated well in hell because they're on "his side". They don't realize he will NOT be in charge but will be the worst punished. He is after all the "father of lies". I can see why God hates pride.
The devil is a fool!
Aren’t we all! Thankfully there is repentance and an Atonement.
All very true. On Satan, his pride might still deceive him a great deal. After all, look at all the power he has over people and how many do follow if not actually worship him.