seeming tirelessness and the steps he's taken already to deliver on campaign promises, including his controversial executive action on immigration.

And they remain unshaken by the massive demonstrations against him, first at the Women's March on Washington the day after he was sworn in, then in protests at airports and elsewhere last weekend against his order temporarily blocking immigrants from seven majority-Muslim nations and refugees from Syria.

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That said, many of these Trump backers say the president has yet to adjust to all of the realities of his new job.

"A majority of the people are in a wait-and-see kind of thing, and that's fair even if you voted for him," says Anne-Mariethroats," worries Margie Chandler, 53, of Old Monroe, Mo., a speck of a town near the Illinois border. She likes Trump's push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and thinks he has the right intentions, but she says he would be well-advised to take a slower pace on some issues. "This whole refugee thing, he could have taken more time with it," she says.

"He is learning, maybe the hard way, that he may not be able to force himself on a lot of people the way he thought he could," agrees Ray Keener, 64, of Seminole, Texas.

Of course, Trump's no-nonsense manner and his impatience with politics-as-usual are also what they like about him.

"You cannot ask Republican or Democratic leadership in either chamber of Congress a question and get