Overview

• Announcing the move on Truth Social, President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide all necessary troops for Portland.
• Trump said the deployment is to protect ICE facilities he claims are besieged by Antifa and other domestic terrorists.
• He stated he had authorized the use of full force if necessary, though officials did not specify what that authorization entails.
• Local leaders, including Mayor Keith Wilson, refuted the need for federal forces and disputed the president’s characterization of conditions in the city.
• The order extends a pattern of contested domestic deployments after earlier actions in Los Angeles and Washington, with a court having ruled the Los Angeles operation illegal.