"Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of the national guard to Portland, Oregon, authorizing full force, if necessary, ignoring calls from local and state officials who say the president has been misinformed about the scale of a protest outside a federal immigration office. The president says that he has directed all necessary troops to be deployed to protect war ravaged Portland, claiming that immigration facilities were under siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists."
"Officials in Portland have pushed back against the decision and rejected the president's characterization. There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security and there is no need for military troops in our major city, said Oregon's Democratic governor, Tina Kotek. Here are the key stories at a glance. Donald Trump made the announcement on social media, where he claimed that the deployment was necessary to protect war ravaged Portland."
"A visit to downtown Portland on Saturday, hours after Donald Trump falsely declared the city war ravaged to justify the deployment of federal troops, made it plain the US president's impression of the city, apparently shaped by misleading conservative media reports, is entirely divorced from reality. There were just four protesters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in an outlying residential neighborhood that the president had claimed was under siege by antifascists and other domestic terro"
President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard deployed to Portland, Oregon, and authorized full force if necessary, citing attacks on immigration facilities by Antifa and other domestic terrorists. Local and state officials said the president was misinformed about the scale of protests and rejected his characterization. Oregon governor Tina Kotek said there was no insurrection, no threat to national security, and no need for military troops in the city. The president announced the deployment on social media. A visit to downtown Portland found only four protesters outside the ICE field office in an outlying neighborhood.
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