To be Trump you have to be strong, very strong. You have to know how to translate a vision into reality and how to turn a problem into a challenge. You have to know yourself as well as your enemies. A great leader must know what has to be done and cannot be deterred by convention.
In President Trump's case, his resistance is not mere difference of opinion as to what is essential. To the whole of the Beltway, Donald Trump is an outsider, a germ, a foreign body, he doesn't belong. He doesn't ignore what he knows he must do. He's supposed to do what everyone else has tried but without success. But, that is okay as long as he looks like he's working hard. The priority is to get re-elected, not accomplish anything. There is a difference.