President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."
If you go take a look at the live camera feeds or recent drive-around footage of Portland, everything looks normal, there’s literally nothing going on right now that would warrant even a fraction of that response. Protesting is basically non-existent right now, much less “war-ravaged” rioting.
“Since June 2025, more than two dozen people have been arrested in connection with protests”. That’s literally nothing, an average of around 1 person every 3 days. There’s plenty of small short protests where way more than that get arrested.
If you go take a look at the live camera feeds or recent drive-around footage of Portland, everything looks normal, there’s literally nothing going on right now that would warrant even a fraction of that response. Protesting is basically non-existent right now, much less “war-ravaged” rioting.
“Since June 2025, more than two dozen people have been arrested in connection with protests”. That’s literally nothing, an average of around 1 person every 3 days. There’s plenty of small short protests where way more than that get arrested.