President Donald Trump said Friday that protesters had ruined Portland and implied he would consider sending National Guard troops to “wipe them out.”

Trump has stoked controversy nationally in recent months by deploying National Guard troops in cities and voicing plans to continue to do so in other cities.

His decision to deploy troops in Los Angeles in June was a major contributor to the ongoing protests at Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on South Macadam Avenue. The protests outside the building have ebbed and flowed, with peak activity occurring around mid-June and July 4.

Clashes between protesters and federal agents flared again Sept. 1 and were broadcast on Fox News. Speaking during a Friday news interview, Trump said he hadn’t been considering Portla

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