Buildings in Portland, Oregon, pictured on Sept. 5, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)

President Donald Trump said late Friday he would send National Guard troops to another city, and, while declining to specify which city it would be, mentioned Portland, Oregon, as one possibility.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump, whose orders deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., this summer sparked controversy and legal challenges from local officials who did not condone the orders, said Portland recently entered a short list of cities he was considering.

He also mentioned New Orleans earlier this week, and has cited Baltimore and Chicago in recent weeks. Like Portland, voters in those cities skew heavily toward Democratic candidates.

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