He seems to be in denial of the fact that “his people” do not support him anymore. He is refusing to admit that an uprising is even occuring. He has also stated that his people love him, which is clearly not the case. I think that he knows that there is an uprising, since he has sent planes to bomb his own country, but he is in a state of disbelief that this is actually happening. He is refusing to admit to the world that there is a full scale revolt, because he does not want to admit it to himself. He is rejecting our reality and substituting his own.
Whether or not the pressure gets to him depends upon whether the pressure is contributing to his denial, or if denial is being made impossible by the pressure. If denial becomes impossible, he will most likely stop the denial and either leave power or try to crush the revolt. If pressure contributes to the denial, he will stay in denial and most likely die still not publicly accepting reality.