Trump Orders Troop Deployment to Portland and ICE Facilities

Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he has directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy troops to protect Portland and federal immigration centers.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: “At the request of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, I am instructing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to make available all necessary troops to safeguard war-torn Portland and our besieged ICE facilities from attacks by Antifa and other domestic terrorists.”