The vets were in front of the wall of mums.
At the moment, it's real America - a country I wish we saw more of - against the rubes, the white nationlists, the plutocrats and the dictator.
The protestors must win this encounter. But it is clear that Trump is trying to create the conditions in which he can show people in the suburbs he is the only thing protecting them from the savage hordes. It's grotesque from a governance viewpoint. Pure Putin sociopath behaviour.