If an attack were to hurt him, he'd probably fold like a card table. And if he loses is infrastructure, that protects him from a coup attempt, then he might think twice.
Analysts have probably tried to understand this.
“If an attack were to hurt him, he’d probably fold like a card table.”
Hitler didn’t. He made the allies destroy Germany all the way to the door of his bunker.
“If an attack were to hurt him, he’d probably fold like a card table. “
That is my assessment, and apparently the assessment of some in the Pentagon. n fact they may have internal comms from Norklandia substantiating it.
Take out his nuke capacity (as much as we can) in a sudden overwhelming hit. Leave his conventional forces unmolested. Leave him with his security blanket and see what happens.