Apparently Image -induced by Image from 2020, Donald Trump has threatened to send troops to Portland. “I am very good on these things”
Donald Trump. Photo credit: CNP / ADM / Capital Pictures / Profimedia
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he could send troops from the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, apparently because he was misled about the real magnitude of minor protests from there due to a TV report in which a 2020 video recorded was incorrectly present this summer, The Guardian reports.
“I will say this, I looked today, I did not know that it continues, but Portland is unbelievable, what is happening,” Trump said. Then, the US president incorrectly claimed that he saw video images attesting to the “destruction of the city”.
In fact, a handful of demonstrations protested in front of an immigration and customs control center in an isolated area of Portland this year, but the extent of demonstrations, which attract at most tens of people, does not compare to the protests that broke out in 2020 after the killing of George Floyd by the police. At that time, tens of thousands of people were gathered for months to protest in a central area of the city.
“Do you enter Portland?” Asked a reporter on the US President.
“Well, I will analyze this now, because I didn't know it was still running. It has been running for years,” Trump replied.
“We will be able to stop this very easily,” the American leader continued.
Portland mayor's reaction
“Like other mayors in the country, I did not ask-and I do not need-federal intervention,” said the mayor of Portland, Keith Wilson, in a statement on Friday. “We are proud that Portland police have successfully protected freedom of expression, approaching occasional violence and destruction of properties that take place during protests at the ICE center in Portland,” added the mayor.
Donald Trump did not exactly mention the news that created the impression that in Portland continues the protests that broke out in 2020, but Fox News on Thursday broadcast a report that combined images of a recent protest in the city, attended by dozens of people, with a viral video from the 2020 demonstrations, in which a demonstrator, Christopher David, was a spray with Pip. a federal agent.
The report was mainly focused on a protest that took place on Tuesday at the ICE center in Portland.
“They are paid terrorists”
“They are paid terrorists,” Donald Trump said.
“They are paid agitators, they are professionals. I looked last night, they are very good at these things. They are paid agitators, they are paid with money by the radical groups,” said the Republican president.
Prosecutor General of Oregon, Dan Rayfield, has threatened measures if Trump will send troops to Oregon.
“We have prepared to answer since Trump came back,” said Rayfield.
“California has shown how effective our approach can be to stop the federal power excesses. Oregon is a safe place and we intend to maintain it.
