President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he had directed the Pentagon to provide troops to “protect” Portland, Oregon, from Antifa, adding that he was authorizing “full force, if necessary.”

The announcement comes less than a week after Trump officially designated Antifa as a domestic terror group , and follows promises from the Trump Administration to carry out a broad crackdown on leftwing groups in the aftermath of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“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,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social o

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