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Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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Donald Trump said on Saturday he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Trump made the announcement on social media, using references to antifascists and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). He claimed that the deployment was necessary “to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our (immigration and customs enforcement) Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists”.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Looks like all that money saved is going to be spent on security theatre. Sad display for pathetic people.