Over the weekend, President Donald Trump completely jumped the shark in what was already a far-fetched, propaganda-reliant justification for his weaponization of the National Guard and other military personnel against Democrat-run cities. He claimed violent crime was on the rise when, in reality, it is on the decline. Now, white people who have never set foot in an “inner city” in their lives would certainly buy the racist nonsense Trump has been selling when it comes to cities like Chicago, D.C., and Baltimore. And they would easily buy into the lie that ICE agents are under siege in California cities like Los Angeles.
But Portland? Really?
Yes, on Saturday, Trump posted from his “Truth” Social account, “At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” and ever since then, Portland residents have bee scratching their heads trying to figure out which Portland this fool is talking about.
Most people probably never thought they’d even see a liberal hippie city like Portland be characterized as “war ravaged,” but if it’s going to happen, it will happen in the same sentence that renames the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” and insists that Antifa is an existing organization at all, let alone the terrorist organization Trump has designated it as.
Also, according to Politico, Trump appears to be getting his information from “television” and people who are conflating Portland protests during 2020 over the death of George Floyd with the peaceful, largely uneventful anti-ICE protests that are happening in the city currently — which is probably why even he appeared to be doubtful about the info he received just hours before his administration went ahead and federalized 200 Oregon National Guard members.
From KGW 8:
During a Sunday morning phone interview with NBC White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, though, Trump made some remarks that seemed to indicate he might be backing off his military plan for Portland.
Trump referenced a weekend conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and he alluded to being told by Kotek that the reality in Portland is different from what’s being portrayed to him.
“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place…it looks like terrible.”
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