Jack Bauer said:EatMoreSalmon said:Jack Bauer said:
Trump declares war on Portland.
I spent a week in Portland this summer. Other than some homeless druggies, the city is doing just fine and is hardly "war ravaged'"At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, @Sec_Noem, I am directing @SecWar, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, & any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, & other domestic terrorists..." - President Trump pic.twitter.com/UEyeCWoqHY
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 27, 2025
Going to Antifa home territory. Will be interesting to see how many of them show up to scream at the national guard there.
I believe the reference to war ravaged refers to federal buildings there.
There was a huge protest by Antifa for a long time in 2020 but nothing in Portland is war ravaged.
This is all petty personal retribution for Trump.
nope. USG designated Antifa as a terrorist organization. USG is going to take it out. There's nothing unreasonable about. And then there's also the not insignificant factor of local sympathy to Antifa - state and local governments relentlessly push back on federal operations, from legal action to limit/deny ICE even the facilities to operate. to refusal to assist with riot control, etc...... The entrance to the small jail facility at the ICE office in downtown Portland is boarded up. Looks abandoned. And things are heating up again. Ongoing protests in Washington state might seem like the more timely tactical target, but Portland is the beating heart of the beast.
In a very real sense there is an insurgency in the Pacific Northwest which has effectively captured the citadels of some cities, counties, and in meaningful ways even State governments, who actively protect Antifa to the extent they are able. Trump does not want that to spread any further, and it won't if he cuts out the heart of the movement. To do that, he has to close and grapple with the beast.
The Antifa movement is killing people.
Ignoring it hasn't worked.
It's gotta stop.
First step to do that. is to exercise the supremacy clause = send in National Guard to protect ICE operations.
When Antifa rises to the challenge, which they will, they will be crushed, as they should be.
