Overview

• In a Truth Social post, President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide “all necessary troops” to protect Portland and ICE facilities he described as under siege by Antifa and “other domestic terrorists,” citing a request from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
• The Pentagon said it is ready to mobilize U.S. military personnel and promised updates, but neither officials nor the White House released numbers, troop types, rules of engagement, or a timeline.
• Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson publicly opposed deploying troops, saying the White House offered no details and calling the measure unnecessary and unwelcome.
• Portland has seen sustained protests at a local ICE facility during the administration’s immigration crackdown, and the announcement follows this week’s deadly shooting at an ICE center in Dallas reported by federal authorities.
• The move follows earlier deployments to Los Angeles, Washington, and Memphis, and comes days after Trump signed a decree designating the Antifa movement as a domestic terrorist organization.