President Donald Trump has authorized a U.S. military mission in Portland, he said Saturday morning, a move local leaders condemned as an egregious abuse of power.

“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 on Truth Social, his social media platform. “I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary.”

The deployment of U.S. troops in Portland comes against the wishes of state and local leaders, who gathered Friday night at a Portland church to warn of a massing of federal agents in the city. They described the agents’ arrival as an attempt to goad re

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