US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was directing the country’s military to deploy to Portland, in the state of Oregon.
Trump said he wanted to protect federal immigration facilities against “domestic terrorists”, and authorised the troops 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 Defence 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.”
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek speaks in Portland after the deployment of troops to the city. (Picture: Claire Rush/AP)Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, responding to Trump’s order, 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.”
Wilson and other local leaders have urged calm in the face of an apparent influx of federal officers that the mayor said did not come at the request of the city. “This may be a show of force, but that’s all it is. It’s just a big show,” he said.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, a Democrat, said her office was asking the White House for more information.
“There is no national security threat in Portland. Our communities are safe and calm,” Kotek said on X.
The Pentagon did not offer any clarification about whether Trump was deploying National Guard, active duty troops or perhaps a mix of the two, as was the case in Los Angeles earlier this year.
Asked about the Portland decision on Saturday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said ICE agents needed to be protected amid protests against immigration raids.
“We’re not going to put up with it. This administration is not playing games,” she said in an interview on Fox News.
There have been growing tensions in major US cities over Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown days after a shooting targeting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas left one detainee dead and two others seriously wounded.
On Thursday, Trump told reporters that “crazy people” were trying to burn buildings in Portland. “They’re professional agitators and anarchists,” he said, without providing evidence.
Trump last week signed an executive order that declares the anti-fascist Antifa movement a domestic “terrorist organization” as part of a crackdown on what he claims is left-wing sponsored political violence.
Trump first sought to designate the movement as a domestic terror organisation during the nationwide George Floyd protests.
The most notorious episode involving the movement occurred in Portland in August 2020, when Michael Reinoehl, a self-identified Antifa supporter, shot and killed Aaron Danielson, a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.
Reinoehl was then killed by federal and local law enforcement officers during an attempt to arrest him.
Trump’s crackdown on municipalities led by Democrats including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington has spurred legal challenges and protests.
With Reuters
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