Exactly.
In the process, some of his base is pissed. Big deal. Some of his base is pissed if Ivanka has lunch with the wrong person.
Bottom line is, the base will get over it, and Trump’s base of support has been expanced at little risk. As Scott Adams says, he’s already moved from being Hitler to just being incompetent. Now with a perfectly executed surgical strike that sends a clear message not only to Assad and Russia but also the China and the Norks and Iran - he will rise from “incompetent” to “OK, I guess he’s competent but I still don’t like him”.
As Trump proved, you need more than the conservative base to win, and you need a broader coalition to accomplish big goals like creating safe zones to keep Syrians in Syria.
“In the process, some of his base is pissed.”
Agree with most of what you say. But not this. The Ron Paul “base” is pissed. They were temporarily aligned with Trump because they thought Trump hated those evil neocons. The Ron Paul base will now start calling Trump puppet of the Mossad and with the evil Jewish conspiracy. Just watch.