Many are standing by Trump despite the turbulent start, which has included an apparent discarding — for now — of some of the top promises he made to conservative voters. Since his core supporters and many Republicans formed a personal and emotional attachment to his brash, no-B.S. campaign, it’s no wonder they support the go-with-your-gut style on forging relationships and Tomahawk missile strikes.

Trump’s core base of conservative supporters has become decidedly isolationist. They, and Rust Belt Democrats in former manufacturing centers who voted for Obama twice but also for Trump, were attracted by his promises to disentangle America from more costly Middle East military operations, while “rebuilding” the United States and reviving faded industries. He made the promise again during his first address to a joint session of Congress in late February: “America has spent approximately $6 trillion in the Middle East — all the while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this $6 trillion, we could have rebuilt our country twice, and maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.”

Such promises are what make his early moves in the Middle East so eyebrow-raising. He signed off on increased numbers of American military trainers in the region and attacked another sovereign country. For now, his core supporters seem willing to tolerate the commander in chief’s early departure from his campaign promises. A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted April 17-20, after Trump’s run of policy reversals, found 94 percent of Trump voters surveyed held a favorable view of his first 100 days. Among Republicans polled, 84 percent had a positive view of his performance.

At first glance, his foreign policy moves appear out of step with his isolationist base.

But a deeper dive into the Post-ABC poll suggests otherwise: Eighty percent of Republicans polled believe his saber-rattling approach toward North Korea is “about right.” Any president’s temperament and judgment are major facets of how they conduct themselves on the global stage and make complicated decisions on everything from trade deals to counterterrorism operations to building coalitions and so on. When asked whether Trump “has the kind of personality and temperament it takes to serve effectively as president, or not,” 78 percent of Republicans said he did.