This was Trump’s first visit to St. Louis, and it would be his last, because St. Louis was the first city to kick him out. As is usual with St. Louis, this claim to fame was forgotten, with Chicago taking credit, having booted Trump later that evening to greater fanfare. But St. Louis, which had been holding protests centered around race for nearly two years straight by the time Trump arrived, was ready for battle, and as usual in St. Louis, the battle was bloody. Pro- and anti-Trump factions brawled on the opera house steps in what would be the most violent protest until after his election.
