WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said he would send troops on Saturday Portland, Oregon As he expands his controversial development into more American cities, he “recognizes full power as needed, as necessary.”
He made an announcement on social media, writing that he instructed the Department of Defense to “provide all the military necessary to protect the war-destructed Portland.”
Trump said the decision was necessary to protect U.S. immigration and customs facilities and was “besieged from attacks by Antifa and other domestic terrorists.”
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for details regarding Trump’s announcement, such as the deployment timeline or what forces would be involved. He previously threatened to send the National Guard to Chicago without following. It will be included in the Memphis, Tennessee deployment. Only an army of about 150 peoplefar fewer than Trump crackdowns or sent to the District of Columbia in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests.
Pentagon officials did not respond immediately to requests for information.
Since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Republican president has escalated his efforts to stand up to what he calls the “radical left” that denies the country’s issues regarding political violence.
He deployed the National Guard and the Active Marines Los Angeles Over the summer and as part of his law enforcement agency. take over The capital of the country.
Portland ice facilities are targets of frequent demonstrations and sometimes lead to violent clashes. Some federal agents have been injured and several protesters have been charged with assault. When protesters built the guillotine earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security described it as “indifference action.”
Trump suggested that some kind of operation is ongoing in his oval office on Thursday.
“We’re going to go out there and do quite a few things to the people in Portland,” he said, describing “professional agitators and anarchists.”
Earlier in September, Trump described life in Portland as “like living in hell,” and said he was considering sending federal troops, as he recently threatened to fight crime in other cities. Including Chicago and Baltimore.
“Like other mayors across the country, I don’t want federal intervention — and I don’t need federal intervention,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said in a statement after Trump’s threat. Wilson said his city protected freedom of expression while “attacking occasional violence and property destruction.”
In Tennessee, Memphis has withstanded an influx of National Guard troops, and on Friday, Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who helped coordinate operations, said they were part of a surge in resources to combat crime in the city.
