Greg, brownshirts came to mind for me as well. The difference is uniform and baton.

I saw a follow up interview with the codger that threw punches'
He in fact goes on to saw that in the future the protesters will face death. He used the word kill. I have not seen the follow up interview since.

The codger is only now in police custody.

Trump did set it up.

I suppose everyone understands that beyond suggestion is hypnosis and tat takes place in a complete waking state.

It's up to Trump how far he wants the violence to go.