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President Trump’s decision to send federal troops to Portland is exactly the kind of decisive action Americans begged for after years of watching Democrat-run cities descend into chaos. While the tantrums from coastal elites were predictable, the President answered the call to restore order and protect federal property and immigration officers who have been repeatedly targeted.
This deployment was framed as a targeted response to attacks on ICE facilities and federal installations and a necessary step to confront violent anarchist groups that have terrorized local citizens. When local police are overwhelmed and city officials refuse to act, the federal government has both the authority and the duty to step in and protect lives and property.
Portland’s mayor and Oregon’s leadership have spent years lecturing Americans about “protest” while allowing mobs to loot, burn, and harass neighbors; their outrage now rings hollow. Instead of apologizing and cooperating, they scold federal forces for doing the job local officials refused to do — a predictable betrayal of the very citizens they swore to serve.
Patriots should celebrate a president who will not cower when the rule of law is under attack. Sending troops is not about politics; it’s about defending the innocent, safeguarding federal facilities, and ensuring that people can walk their streets without fear of violence or intimidation. Leadership means action, not press conferences and virtue signaling from a mayoral office.
Of course the left will scream “overreach” and the media will manufacture outrage, but those same voices cheered when anarchy served their political narratives. There is nothing virtuous about sacrificing American neighborhoods to ideological pyromaniacs, and the federal response is both lawful and morally justified when local governments abdicate responsibility.
Hardworking Americans want safety, not spectacle. If Portland’s elected officials prefer headlines to homeland security, voters should remember who defended them when the chips were down. The message from Washington should be simple and unambiguous: lawlessness will not be tolerated, and no city gets to become a sanctuary for criminals while innocent residents pay the price.
