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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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[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Well, we ARE war ravaged here, and the place is total hell. I mean, I had to wait 15 in line at the ice cream shop, that's inhuman.

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 days ago

I’m watching the press conference right now and it just looks horrid! People driving by in their fancy boats and riding bicycles along the waterfront. I mean people are so scared they are walking with their dogs! The horrors.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

Do you expect the orange to read past your first sentence?

[–] Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Jesus lol. Had me going.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

No one asks how we will pay for this like they do when we need to help people.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

He's going to run out of troops. What an idiot. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake, I suppose.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Doing stupid shit like this is a good way to continue to lose support.

[–] starblursd@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

Nah his base unfortunately loves this

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Every person along the chain of command here is in violation of their oath, and openly committing an act of treason. Anyone who has taken an oath to defend the country from threats, “foreign and domestic,” is now required by their oath to put these invaders down.

Any military force invading US territory, regardless of if they are themselves US soldiers, is now a legitimate target and civilians have every right to self-defense against them.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

No one asks how we will pay for this like they do when we need to help people.