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34. Trump, apparently misled by video of 2020 protests, threatens to send troops to Portland

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:44 AM

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Trump, apparently misled by video of 2020 protests, threatens to send troops to Portland
US president mistakes scale of anti-Ice rallies after TV report uses old footage from George Floyd demonstrations

Robert Mackey
Fri 5 Sep 2025 21.49 EDT
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Donald Trump told reporters that he might send national guard troops into Portland, Oregon, apparently because he was misled about the scale of small protests there by a TV report that featured video of a 2020 protest wrongly described as having taken place this summer.

“I will say this, I watched today, I didn’t know that was continuing to go on, but Portland is unbelievable, what’s going on,” Trump said. He then claimed, incorrectly, that he had seen video evidence of “the destruction of the city”.

In fact, a handful of protesters have demonstrated outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in a residential area of Portland along the south waterfront this year, but the scale of the protests, which attract dozens at most, is nothing like the 2020 protests following the police killing of George Floyd that regularly drew thousands to tens of thousands of demonstrators to a central part of the city for months.

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Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happe [View all] swag Sunday OP

This distraction is NOT working LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #1

That's because its for MAGA supporters and they ran the story on MAGA radio and you won't see a correction made there. cstanleytech Sunday #18

I bet someone fed him old George Floyd protest videos. nt pnwmom Sunday #2

YUP. You beat me to it--- or maybe Jack Valentino Sunday #22

lol pnwmom Sunday #24

That's exactly what happened Wiz Imp Monday #31

Yup, Miller orangecrush Monday #45

Donny Dumb Shit: "Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?" erronis Sunday #3

Not To Mention RobinA Sunday #11

if he only watches Fox or Newsman RussBLib Sunday #21

Stephen Miller cilla4progress Sunday #4

If only there were a way for the President of the United States to find out what's really happening! tanyev Sunday #5

Oh Please! Maybe you should actually confirm something before lying about it. travelingthrulife Sunday #6

ROFL... somebody showed him the optics... ananda Sunday #7

Local news broadcast a story from the ICE facility Thunderbeast Sunday #8

ha ha riversedge Sunday #12

Even maga... JawJaw Monday #28

One of them dressed in a chicken costume. Thunderbeast Monday #46

'seems to back off Portland military plan' elleng Sunday #9

But he watched it LIVE on the Miller channel. usonian Sunday #10

So Portland gets armored "Rescue" tanks rolling down the street for... a farmers' market? 😂 Nothing screams "protecting d riversedge Sunday #13

Oregon sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment: 'It is unlawful' LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #14

This is the reason, imo. nilram Monday #36

Yeah hes been duped by the media. He should take out his wrath on fox news and the billionaires who are lying to him SSJVegeta Sunday #15

He won't. They lie for him all the time. mdbl Sunday #23

He doesn't care. It's not his money, whether judgement or deployment. Justice matters. Monday #40

TACO, TACO man!!!! He's got to be the TACO man!! paleotn Sunday #16

(National Guard has no litter to pick up in Portland.) riversedge Sunday #17

What a maroon! llmart Sunday #19

Yep. A real straightjacket case. Justice matters. Monday #41

Perhaps Trump has Portland OREGON confused with Portland MAINE Rocknation Sunday #20

Name names Diraven Sunday #25

The people who want him to send in military/martial law Attilatheblond Monday #37

or video from Ukraine or Gaza, and claiming that is Portland Oregon---- Jack Valentino Monday #39

OR, perhaps popsdenver Sunday #26

Idiocracy is a Documentary. n/t aggiesal Sunday #27

I watched that film several times, and thought . . . Aussie105 Monday #30

Q: What do you get when . . . Aussie105 Monday #29

T.A.C.O !! IbogaProject Monday #32

Dangerously Confused 2na fisherman Monday #33

Putin groomed him. Justice matters. Monday #42

Trump, apparently misled by video of 2020 protests, threatens to send troops to Portland Wiz Imp Monday #34

Next stop: Grand Forks, North Dakota Montauk6 Monday #35

Trump: "well, I don't really know whom I want to invade, Jack Valentino Monday #38

Portland doesn't take any crap. Javaman Monday #43

And since he's Karma13612 Monday #44

MaddowBlog-Trump's troop deployment to Portland, Oregon, faces immediate pushback in court LetMyPeopleVote Monday #47

A court will hold a hearing on Friday morning on our motion for a temporary restraining order. LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #48