5 hours agoWe're surrounded by ANTIFA!” Trump orders the military deployment in Portland
Periskopi(9 months ago)
(9 months ago)US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of military personnel to the city of Portland in the northwestern state of Oregon. “I am leading Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, to deploy all necessary troops to protect the war-torn Portland and all our ICE objects”, Trump wrote on the [...] network.
US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of military personnel to the city of Portland in the northwestern state of Oregon.
“I am leading Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, to deploy all necessary troops to protect the war-torn Portland and all of our ICE objects”, Trump wrote on his online network, referring to the ICE immigration law enforcement agency, which is “the siege of ANTIFA and other local terrorists”, follows A2 CNN.
There have been numerous protests against the ICE facility in Portland, some of which have turned violent. Several federal officers were injured and several demonstrators have been charged with the attack.
The order was issued at the request of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, continued Trump. “
The deployment of the military and the National Guard within the country is part of the radical agenda of Trump's internal policy, which he announced during his campaign. Officially, the republic justifies deployment with alleged widespread crime and overload of local authorities. Critics accuse Trump of excessive crime rates in order to justify an increasingly authoritarian style of government, reports A2 CNN.
“There is no uprising, no threat to national security, and no reason to deploy the army to our largest city”, said Oregon's Democrat governor, Tina Kotech. The president's order conflicts with official crime statistics. According to them, violent crime in Portland has dropped in the first six months of 2025, with the number of homicides dropping by 51 percent, writes A2 CNN.
In recent weeks, Trump had threatened to place the National Guard in Democratic Party strongholds like Chicago, New York and New Orleans. On August 11th, he ordered the National Guard troops to go to the capital, Washington, and put the local police under federal control. In June, Trump mobilized the National Guard and Marines to the California, Los Angeles metropolis to end protests against his immigration policies./Periscopi/
