Establish publicity. Outsiders as judges of the truth. This can also make a psychopath incapable of acting. After all, in his closed system he always refers to his (untrue) truth and imposes it on the participants without compromise.
If it works for Putin and it doesn’t crash, then that was luck. Then it was a lucky game of roulette that could have ended differently for the world. It was a poker game with humanity as the stake and a small advantage as the possible prize.
I think our psychopaths now also have to face the public…. And be judged with the truth about their closed system…. Not always the others…