Over the weekend, President Donald Trump tried repeatedly to send the U.S. military into two more American cities —including to Portland, Oregon, “in direct contravention” of a judge’s order on Saturday—and against the wishes or requests of both states’ elected governors.
The state of Oregon sued the White House last week over Trump’s decision to send 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following the president’s claim that the city is “ravaged” by war, with “ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” The troops were scheduled to begin arriving in Portland early this week, prompting U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut to issue a ruling on the lawsuit Saturday.
“The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts,” wrote Im