Mayors Spurn Portland-Style Forces; Trump to Speak: Protest Wrap
- Trump to give White House speech on crime in U.S. cities
- Push to deploy officers appeals to the president’s voter base
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President Donald Trump will speak at the White House Wednesday on “combating violent crime in American cities,” as mayors across the country warn they will resist if the administration tries to do in their cities what it has in Portland, Oregon.
Trump’s push for federal agents in cities gripped by protests and spikes in crime is a policy that appeals to his base ahead of the election, and one he has said could expand to other major cities. In Portland, pitched battles have erupted between federal agents and protesters, prompting state officials to sue the Trump administration -- yet the president remained undeterred.