Pentagon calls up 200 National Guard troops after Trump Portland announcement

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

September 29, 2025 5:45 AM EDT Updated 14 mins ago


WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered 200 Oregon National Guard troops to be deployed under federal authority while the state filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's move to send military forces into the Democratic-run city of Portland.

The Republican president on Saturday announced plans to send troops into Portland, saying they would be used to protect federal immigration facilities against "domestic terrorists" and that he was authorizing them to use "full force, if necessary."

Trump's deployments of military forces into other municipalities led by Democrats, including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have spurred legal challenges and protests. Oregon's suit was filed against Trump, Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in federal court in Portland on Sunday by Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield. The suit accused Trump of exceeding his powers.

"Citing nothing more than baseless, wildly hyperbolic pretext - the President says Portland is a 'War ravaged' city 'under siege' from 'domestic terrorists.' Defendants have thus infringed on Oregon's sovereign power to manage its own law enforcement activity and National Guard resource," the lawsuit said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-calls-up-200-national-guard-troops-after-trump-portland-announcement-2025-09-28/

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143537958
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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Cosplay jingo patriotism is how you show you're in control while you're losing control /nt

[Bayard]

2. Portland doesn't even make the Top 10 cities with the most violent crime

This is so obviously an attack on a demcratic city.

Memphis has the highest rate in the nation. I haven't seen him mention it at all. We know why.

https://www.wmtw.com/article/how-bad-is-crime-in-portland-lets-look-at-the-data/68091791

[Torchlight]

3. So they'll be cleaning up loose kale after closing at the local farmer's markets?

Guarding critical intersections from anitfa moose?
Ensure it keeps raining exactly 142 days a year?
Enforce mandatory flannel wearing and air guitar competitions to restore Seattle’s cultural heritage?

'cause there's just really no other reasons for them to be there.