I hope you are wrong. I think he must act like a leader and say if the democrats want to cut and run in Iraq, he'll veto the budget. If they raise taxes, increase spending, defund the border wall, he'll use his veto. If the left threatens to filibuster his judges he'll veto the budget.
I hope I'm wrong, too. I believe he'll hold firm on Iraq as much as he possibly can, but you can forget the wall. Bush never wanted that in the first place. As for the rest, we shall see. Compassionate conservatism has doomed him. He needs to get over that nonsense, but quick.