Over the weekend, President Donald Trump utterly jumped the shark in what was already a far-fetched, propaganda-reliant justification for his weaponization of the Nationwide Guard and different navy personnel towards Democrat-run cities. He claimed violent crime was on the rise when, in actuality, it’s on the decline. Now, white individuals who have by no means set foot in an “interior metropolis” of their lives will surely purchase the racist nonsense Trump has been promoting in terms of cities like Chicago, D.C., and Baltimore. And they’d simply purchase into the lie that ICE brokers are beneath siege in California cities like Los Angeles.
However Portland? Actually?
Sure, on Saturday, Trump posted from his “Fact” Social account, “On the request of Secretary of Homeland Safety, Kristi Noem, I’m directing Secretary of Struggle, Pete Hegseth, to supply all obligatory Troops to guard Struggle ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Services beneath siege from assault by Antifa, and different home terrorists,” and ever since then, Portland residents have bee scratching their heads attempting to determine which Portland this idiot is speaking about.
Most individuals most likely by no means thought they’d even see a liberal hippie metropolis like Portland be characterised as “battle ravaged,” but when it’s going to occur, it can occur in the identical sentence that renames the Division of Protection because the “Division of Struggle” and insists that Antifa is an current group in any respect, not to mention the terrorist group Trump has designated it as.
Additionally, in keeping with Politico, Trump seems to be getting his info from “tv” and people who find themselves conflating Portland protests throughout 2020 over the demise of George Floyd with the peaceable, largely uneventful anti-ICE protests which are occurring within the metropolis presently — which might be why even he gave the impression to be uncertain in regards to the information he obtained simply hours earlier than his administration went forward and federalized 200 Oregon Nationwide Guard members.
From KGW 8:
Throughout a Sunday morning telephone interview with NBC White Home Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, although, Trump made some remarks that appeared to point he could be backing off his navy plan for Portland.
Trump referenced a weekend dialog with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and he alluded to being instructed by Kotek that the fact in Portland is completely different from what’s being portrayed to him.
“I spoke to the governor, she was very good,” Trump mentioned. “However I mentioned, ‘Effectively wait a minute, am I watching issues on tv which are completely different from what’s occurring? My folks inform me completely different.’ They’re actually attacking and there are fires in every single place…it seems to be like horrible.”
That’s proper, y’all, our sitting president seems to get his details about what’s occurring within the county he’s answerable for the identical means MAGA rubes throughout the web get theirs: by resharing every bit of unconfirmed “information” that occurs to return throughout his feed with no concern for details or potential affirmation bias in any respect.
I imply, this was already confirmed as soon as he obtained up on a nationally televised debate stage and declared, “They’re consuming the pets,” however nonetheless.
However Trump had already come proper out and referred to as Portland a lethal battle zone, and there’s no going again on that now, so, on Tuesday, he doubled down on saying the town is “like a battle zone” whereas talking earlier than senior navy leaders in Washington.
Oh, and that “very good” governor he mentioned he spoke with beforehand, referring to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek? Effectively, he actually modified his tune about her.
“I get a name from the liberal governor, ‘Sir, please don’t are available in, we don’t want you.’ I mentioned, ‘Effectively, except they’re taking part in false tapes, this seems to be like World Struggle II. Your home is burning down. I imply, you should be kidding,’” Trump mentioned, seemingly unaware that he’s, certainly, performing on false info, as is the remainder of his deeply unqualified administration.
“The Radical Left’s reign of terror in Portland ends now,” the White Home declared in a information launch Tuesday.
“Whereas Democrat politicians deny actuality, it’s apparent what’s occurring in Portland isn’t protest; it’s premeditated anarchy that has scarred the town for years — leaving officers battered, residents terrorized, and property defaced,” the information launch learn.
Because it seems, on Monday night time, protests close to the Portland ICE facility that’s supposedly beneath siege by rabid Antifa terrorists, one way or the other, resulted in not a single arrest being made, in keeping with Portland police. Additionally on Monday, a short lived restraining order was filed towards the Trump administration by Oregon Lawyer Normal Dan Rayfield, looking for to cease Nationwide Guard troops from deploying to the town. Based on KATU 2, “It’s a transfer that’s half of a bigger lawsuit filed collectively by the state and metropolis.”
“Since July 18, 2025, central precinct officers have carried out routine monitoring of the ICE-facility protests with out severe incident,” Portland Police’s Assistant Chief of Operations Craig Dobson wrote within the submitting. “In that point, the dangers posed by nightly ICE-facility protests haven’t merited something greater than customary, periodic monitoring like every other neighborhood within the metropolis.”
Y’all, are we seeing a sample right here?
Nearly each time Trump begins babbling about sending the Nationwide Guard right into a metropolis, all of that metropolis’s leaders say it’s pointless and undesirable, and the crime knowledge in these cities confirms that to be true.
And, once more, most Portland residents throughout social media seem to really feel the identical means, which is why they’re mocking the president for attempting to make a “battle zone” out of a metropolis that’s the reverse of that.
CNN and the Guardian additionally spoke with Portland residents, who don’t appear to know WTF Trump is speaking about.
“It sort of feels like any individual’s attempting to rage bait you,” resident Sarah Siano instructed CNN. “They’re simply attempting to get that detrimental response.”
“There’s no justification, no motive for the nationwide guard or navy to be utilizing ‘full pressure’ on folks,” protester Jack Dickinson instructed the Guardian. “However they’ve this narrative about Portland that’s been helped by selectively edited movies to set themselves up for a crackdown.”
So, the governor says it’s not true, the Portland police and different metropolis authorities say it’s not true, arrest information say it’s not true, crime knowledge says it’s not true, the individuals who really dwell in Portland say it’s not true, and the video footage they’re displaying of the town says it’s not true — however the president, the White Home and whoever is giving Trump his misinformation says it’s.
Gee, who to consider?
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