‘Left-Wing Anarchy’: Trump Weighs How to Slash Portland’s Federal Funding

President Donald Trump is investigating how to cut federal aid from Portland, Oregon, due to the city’s soft stance on violence by “Antifa and other left-wing domestic terrorists.”

“I just spoke with the president about this, and he has directed his team here at the White House to begin reviewing aid that can potentially be cut in Portland,” presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at Friday’s briefing. “We will not fund states that allow anarchy.”

Leavitt announced an additional surge of federal resources to Portland immediately, including enhanced Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement resources.

“Law and order will prevail,” she said, “and President Trump will make sure of it.”

Last weekend, Trump ordered troops to protect Portland, Oregon, and any ICE facilities threatened by Antifa.

“President Trump will end the radical Left’s reign of terror in Portland once and for all,” Leavitt said. “The president has directed Secretary [of War Pete] Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland and any ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa and other left-wing domestic terrorists.”

She decried “left-wing anarchy” that “has been destroying this great American city for years, leaving police officers battered, citizens terrorized, and business properties damaged.”

“Since early June alone, Antifa terrorists have laid siege to the ICE field office in South Portland,” she said, adding that the rioters used a stop sign as a battering ram, and hurled explosives and other projectiles at law enforcement. Protesters even rolled out a mock guillotine in front of the ICE facility, she said.