U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was directing the U.S. military to deploy to Portland, Oregon, and to protect federal immigration facilities against ¡°domestic terrorists,¡± saying he was authorizing them to use ¡°full force, if necessary.¡±
Ordering the latest crackdown on a Democrat-led city, Trump said in a social media post that he was directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ¡°to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.¡±
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who like other Oregon officials learned of Trump¡¯s order from social media, said: ¡°The number of necessary troops is zero, in Portland and any other American city. The president will not find lawlessness or violence here unless he plans to perpetrate it.¡±
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