There’s no counting the number of times the media have asked: Will this be the thing that drives Donald Trump’s supporters away from him? Is this finally the time?

During the campaign, it was incessant: the times he’d insult his opponents, the Access Hollywood tapes, the latest foray into “political incorrectness.” Once he was elected, the focus shifted to his appointments and proposals: choosing Goldman Sachs executives for his senior team and cabinet, bombing a Syrian airfield, proposing a budget that cuts social program spending.