PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – President Donald Trump said Portland is “almost an insurrection” during a Friday press conference.

The comments come four days after threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act in Portland.

“Every time I look at that place, the place is burning down. There’s fires all over the place,” Trump said. “And then I hear how wonderful it is. It’s not wonderful. It’s a disaster. That’s almost an insurrection, that place.”

He also said businesses in the area are suffering, claiming that “when a store owner rebuilds a store, they build it out of plywood. They don’t put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up, because they know it’s going to be ripped down.”

But according to Portland Fire and Rescue, there have been exactly four fire reports in the area of the South Po

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