Trump Defies Court, Sends National Guard to Portland

President Trump on Sunday deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, defying a federal order blocking the move – and prompting Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom to sue in response.

“After a federal court blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, Donald Trump is deploying 300 California National Guard personnel into Oregon,” Newson said in a post on X, later calling the order “un-American.”

“They are on their way there now. We are taking this fight back to court. The public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States.”

Newsom’s fiery threat comes hours after a federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration from sending 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the “war ravaged” city that has been under siege by anti-ICE agitators for more than 100 straight days.

Last week, the commander in chief ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to unleash “all necessary troops” to Portland and use “full force” to protect immigration authorities from “domestic terrorists.”

Oregon immediately sued to block the president from deploying the troops.

US District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump nominee, ruled Saturday that deploying active-duty troops to Portland would not only violate the US Constitution but defy federal law barring military involvement in domestic law enforcement.

She also said that Trump’s order did not reflect the reality of the protests taking place at the immigration processing facility in south Portland.

“Overall, the protests were small and uneventful,” she wrote in her ruling.

“The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts.”

The temporary restraining order stopping Trump from mobilizing troops expires Oct. 18.

Newsom – who has spent months trolling the president on social media – blasted the rogue move as a blatant power grab.

“His deployment of the California National Guard to Oregon isn’t about crime,” he said in another post on Sunday.

“It’s about power. He is using our military as political pawns to build up his own ego. It’s appalling. It’s un-American. And it must stop.”

The White House defended Trump’s order, saying he exercised his “lawful authority.”

“President Trump exercised his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel in Portland following violent riots and attacks on law enforcement,” a spokeswoman told The Post.

“President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities.”

Since June, unruly protests have ravaged Portland, with Antifa mobs in bizarre costumes swarming and vandalizing an ICE detention center and violently clashing with federal agents.

Federal immigration officials said the facility has endured nightly attacks, with agitators hurling bottle rockets and rocks at the building – while local police reportedly providing minimal support or enforcement.

Protesters have also followed ICE staff to their home and doxxed employees, Portland ICE office Director Cammila Wamsley told Fox News this week.

On Saturday before the judge’s ruling, hundreds of protesters marched to the South Macadam Avenue detention center and clashed with federal agents, who fired tear gas, mace, and pepper spray, scattering the crowd, according to local reports.

In response to the ongoing unrest, Trump on Friday ordered his administration to identify federal funds to cut in Portland.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi also launched an investigation into the Portland Police Bureau.