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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT HE WILL BE SENDING TROOPS TO PORTLAND TO

HANDLE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.

[TAKE VO] {VO} PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

SATURDAY THAT HE WAS DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE ALL

NECESSARY TROOPS TO PROTECT WAR IN PORTLAND. PORTLAND'S MAYOR, KEITH

WILSON SAYS THERE WAS NO NEED FOR TROOPS SINCE THERE WAS NO LAWLESSNESS

OR VIOLENCE IN THEIR CITY. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO PREVIOUSLY THREATENED TO

SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD BUT HAS NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH. PENTAGON

SPOKESMAN SEAN PARNELL SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL PROVIDE MORE

INFORMATION WHEN AVAILABLE.