PORTLAND, Ore. — President Donald Trump brought up Portland during an executive order signing ceremony on Thursday, the third time in as many weeks that he's singled out Portland and described the city as a hotbed of crime or political violence — though violent crime data in Portland does not bear that out .

Trump also again appeared to raise the possibility of deploying National Guard troops to Portland following similar deployments in cities like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. , though he didn't mention any specific plans.

Trump signed an order earlier this week designating antifa a domestic terrorist organization, and it was during a conversation with reporters about the order on Thursday that Vice President J.D. Vance initially stated that there were "men in black ski mas

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