Overview

• The president directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to send “all necessary troops” to Portland and said he is “authorizing Full Force, if necessary.”
• Trump said the deployment is to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that he described as under siege by antifa and other “domestic terrorists.”
• He cited a request from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, while Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said, “We did not ask for them to come.”
• Sen. Ron Wyden warned federal agents may be surging into the city to provoke conflict and urged Oregonians to avoid confrontation.
• The announcement follows an executive order designating antifa a domestic terrorist organization and coincides with Justice Department plans to use Joint Terrorism Task Forces and pursue the most serious charges for attacks on federal personnel.