PORTLAND, Ore. — President Donald Trump declared in a social media post Wednesday morning that National Guard troops are "now in place" in Portland, though as of noon, no troops could be seen anywhere around the outside of the ICE facility on South Macadam Avenue. Whether there were any inside is unclear; local officials previously indicated that the Guard would not arrive in the city until later this week .

Trump initially announced the deployment on Saturday, and Lt. Col. Stephen Bomar, director of public affairs at the Oregon Military Department, confirmed Monday that 200 Oregon National Guard troops had been called up with a directive to help protect federal facilities, though he said they were still in the process of preparing for the activation.

In a series of posts on the pl

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