Portland not a 'war zone,' but tensions are rising, locals say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Trump sent Federal Protective Services officers to guard the city's federal courthouse in July 2020.
48% : The consequences of the days and weeks ahead could be even worse than in 2020, the last time Trump set his sights on Portland, said 26-year-old protester Jack Dickinson on Thursday night.
42% : For an area claimed by Trump to be under siege by terrorists, South Portland at nightfall has been conspicuously quaint in recent days.
35% : A little over a week after Trump first announced the planned deployment, Portlanders are now facing the familiar sensation of watching their city be constantly maligned by the president, and in reaction, seeing formerly tame protests reignite.
31% : But instead of addressing those, Trump has promised to use "full force" on a "situation that does not exist, with murky, unknown, and potentially deadly rules.
23% : Trump has long maligned these protesters as "antifa," something he claims is a domestic terrorist organization in Democrat-led cities bent on violently opposing his administration.

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