By Michael Woyton
Because we can never get away from whatever brainfart the felon-in-chief is having at any moment, news broke Saturday that the president is sending troops to Portland, Oregon.
The elderly golfer made the announcement on social media that “he was directing the Department of Defense to ‘provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland‘,” the Associated Press reported.
As an explanation of the unexplainable, the adjudicated rapist and world leader bested by an escalator said the decision was “necessary to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he described as ‘under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists’.”
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A quick look at some of the local news online outlets Saturday morning found the top stories included anguish over the loss of a football game, Jimmy Kimmel returning to the Portland airwaves and a story on which Starbucks in the city are slated to be closed.
One would think that some editor somewhere would consider being “war ravaged” newsworthy — even on a Saturday morning.
The Portland Tribute had a breaking news story about the president sending troops in to fight protesters, which quoted Portland Mayor Keith Wilson.
He said Friday that federal officers were neither needed nor wanted in the city,
“We did not ask for them to come,” Wilson was quoted as saying.
Earlier in the week, Trump said political activists in Portland were “professional agitators and anarchists,” and he said “we’re going to do a pretty big number on those people.”
The Mar-a-Lago makeup man is certainly ramping up the stakes, especially when he states that he is authorizing of “Full Force” by troops sent to Portland under the guidance of War Secretary Pete Kegseth.
Really, Grampa?
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