“He’s not playing the game! We’ve all been told to just play the game, and we’ll all be rich and powerful. Why’s he not playing the game?”
Trump is going full MMA in a city that is used to pro wrestling style posing and scripts. Sure, occasionally a Republican will be allowed to pick up a folding chair and hit a Democrat, but in the end they are expected to go limp, be counted out and then go to the shared locker room where they and the Dems split the box office take from the rubes who paid to watch.