I am part of the resistance inside Trump administration

PRESIDENT Donald Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.

It's not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr Trump's leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hell-bent on his downfall.

The dilemma - which he does not fully grasp - is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.