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   From: porta-potty@protesters.dem   
      
   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 says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon   
   Donald Trump made the announcement on social media, where he claimed   
   that the deployment was necessary “to protect war ravaged Portland,” and   
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facilities he said were “under   
   siege by antifascists and other domestic terrorists”.   
      
   Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, rejected the president’s   
   characterization. “In my conversations directly with President Trump and   
   secretary [of homeland security, Kristi] Noem, I have been abundantly   
   clear that Portland and the state of Oregon believe in the rule of law   
   and can manage our own local public safety needs,” Kotek said at a news   
   conference in Portland on Saturday.   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/trump-administra   
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