The American government has during the year sent the state-based national guard to several democratically controlled cities, allegedly to increase security.
In late September, a decision was made to also deploy military to Portland in Oregon, a city that President Trump describes as "war-torn". The decision was however temporarily stopped by a court, which claims that the situation in the city is not serious enough for the national guard in the state to be called in.
Now the government has chosen to instead use military stationed in California.
The decision has not fallen in good soil with the democratic governors of the states – and Oregon's governor Tina Kotek accuses the Trump administration of trying to circumvent the court. She states that about a hundred soldiers have so far arrived in Portland.
There is no need for military intervention in Oregon. There is no uprising in Portland, there is no threat to national security, she says.
According to Kotek, the two states will try to stop the new decision in court as well.
