Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek urged President Trump by phone on Saturday to back off of threats to send troops to Portland.

“Portland is doing just fine, and I made that very clear to the President this morning,” Kotek said at a press conference on the city’s waterfront, flanked by local elected leaders and businesspeople.

“Our city is a far cry from the war-ravaged community that he has posted about on social media. I conveyed that directly to him.”

Kotek’s statements added to the drumbeat of Oregon officials who have urged citizens not to “take the bait” in light of Trump’s announcement on social media that he would send troops to a city he has often described in apocalyptic terms.

But the press event didn’t offer much clarity on exactly what the federal government might have planned.

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