PORTLAND, Ore. — Hours before the Trump administration federalized 200 Oregon National Guard members, President Donald Trump during a Sunday morning interview with NBC appeared to be cooling on his plans to send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

When asked whether he was still sending troops to Portland, which he described as "War ravaged" in a social media post Saturday, Trump said his administration would make a decision on that "pretty soon."

"Well, I mean, we're certainly looking at it," Trump said. "You can't have that. We don't want that. They're attacking our ICE facility and they're attacking other federal buildings."

Later Sunday, the Trump administration did make the decision to deploy troops to the state, federalizing 200 Or

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