Donald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up in response to a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) office in the otherwise tranquil city are “now in place” and have begun restoring “LAW AND ORDER”.
However, Portland’s NBC News affiliate KGW reported 90 minutes after Trump’s social media post that no members of the guard were yet in place around the Ice field office where dozens of protesters have demonstrated against immigration sweeps since June.
The Oregon national guard did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokesperson, Lt Col Stephen Bomar, told Oregon Public Broadcasting this week that it would take until at least Thursday for the 200 troops to be vetted and trained before they can be deployed.
The deployment is expected to be made up of troops who have been either trained as military police or certified by the state’s police standards agency.
Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, said in a statement on Wednesday: “Donald Trump’s unlawful federalization of members of the Oregon National Guard could cost taxpayers up to $10m, according to the Oregon Military Department (OMD).”
The calculation includes salaries, supplies, food, lodging and other costs associated with the deployment of 200 guard members to Portland for 60 days.
“Our country and our state should be focused on solving real problems,” Kotek said....
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