US EditionTrump calls Portland unsafe, weighs troop deployment in response to media coverage
President Trump considers deploying National Guard troops to Portland following protests and threats to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence, citing ongoing unrest.
- President Donald Trump raised the possibility of deploying National Guard troops to Portland, referencing recent anti-ICE protests in the city.
- Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said the city does not need federal intervention and that Portland police have successfully addressed occasional violence during protests.
- Trump said, 'If we go to Portland, we're going to wipe them out, they're going to be gone,' referring to the protesters.
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US President Donald Trump has said he may send the National Guard to Portland, apparently misled by a television report that mistakenly used footage of large protests in 2020 to portray the current, much smaller protests. Trump claimed he saw no evidence of “the destruction of the city,” although the current situation in Portland is markedly different, The Guardian reports. “I will say this, I was watching it today, I didn’t know it was happenin…
‘Like living in hell’: Trump hints Portland could be next city to see National Guard on streets
When asked at a press briefing if he’d decided which city he would deploy troops to next, the president referenced a TV report he saw Thursday about ongoing protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Portland.
Trump calls Portland 'hell,' threatens city with troops — all over a misleading TV report
In a bizarre move, President Trump suggested deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, after a misleading TV report used old protest footage. Mayor Keith Wilson and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield pushed back, asserting the city is not in a state of chaos and doesn't need federal intervention.
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Trump floats Portland, Oregon, for next National Guard deployment
Buildings in Portland, Oregon, pictured on Sept. 5, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)President Donald Trump said late Friday he would send National Guard troops to another city, and, while declining to specify which city it would be, mentioned Portland, Oregon, as one possibility. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump, whose orders deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., this summer sparked co…
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