Portland, Ore. - “War-ravaged” Portland was having an unseasonably sunny September day. By lunchtime, hours after President Donald Trump said he would send troops to the city, it seemed everyone had a picture to post on social media - a long line at the homemade bread stand, cherry trees still blooming, a cat on a leash.

Trump has previously described living here, in the nation’s 26th-most-populous city, as being like “living in hell.” On Saturday, he authorized the military to use “Full Force, if necessary,” in Portland and at immigration facilities around the country.

Residents mostly met the news with confusion.

Hell? Here?

For many Portlanders, the city is something closer to heaven. The trees stay green all year long. The coffee is good at every shop. You can get to a mountain or

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