Overview

• In a Truth Social post, the president directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to send “all necessary troops” to Portland to protect ICE sites from what he called Antifa and “other domestic terrorists.”
• He wrote that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem requested the deployment and said he “authorizes the use of full violence, if necessary,” without clarifying what that covers.
• The administration has provided no details on which military units would deploy, their rules of engagement, or a timetable.
• Oregon Governor Tina Kotek called a deployment an abuse of power, said he lacks authority to send soldiers to her state, and is conferring with the state attorney general.
• Portland officials, including Mayor Keith Wilson and Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, rejected federal intervention, noting the move follows earlier deployments to Los Angeles and Washington that included a court ruling against parts of the L.A. operation.