The appeals court sides with Trump and authorizes the deployment of the National Guard in Portland.

WashingtonDonald Trump can deploy the National Guard in Portland. The appeals court has sided with the US president after an Oregon judge temporarily blocked the decision, arguing that there was no evidence of real violence to justify bringing troops into the streets of the Democratic-led city. The ruling marks another victory for the tycoon in his campaign to militarize dissident cities of the country and does so when there is already a judicial precedent that declared the use of reservists illegal in Los Angeles last June.

On September 28, Trump federalized 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to send them to Portland amid protests near an ICE facility. The president called the protests aggressive and claimed the city was "under an Antifa attack." The reality is that the images show only about twenty people gathered in front of the detention center, some dressed as unicorns or frogs and dancing to the music. Coincidentally, Portland is the birthplace of Rose City Antifa, one of the largest anti-fascist organizations in the country.

The only scenes of violence that have emerged from the protests are those of ICE agents launching tear gas at people. There is a video showing one of the officers directly tear-gassing the ventilation filter of the frog suit worn by one of the protesters. Initially, the judge had to issue two orders because the Republican attempted an administrative maneuver. When he was denied federalization of Illinois reservists, he attempted to mobilize the 300 California National Guard troops, which he still controls.

In Chicago, National Guard troops remain deployed on the outskirts of the city after a federal judge temporarily blocked the deployment due to the "lack of credibility" in the claims made by the president and his officials. Judge April M. Perry said that mobilizing the National Guard "would likely lead to civil unrest." Last Friday, the Trump administration escalated the case by submitting it to the Supreme Court for a ruling. If the high court accepts the decision, the resulting final ruling could set a judicial precedent that gives the president even more leeway to normalize the use of the military as law enforcement bodies.

The appeals court ruling also comes after a judicial precedent that contradicts the decision. In the summer, a federal court in San Francisco declared it illegal to send more than 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles during protests against aggressive raids by ICE agents. Trump did so against the will of California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. Each state's reserve corps is controlled by the governor, and the governor must authorize their mobilization for the president to do so. Only in very rare and rare cases has this been done against his will. The appeals court issued the ruling even though Oregon Governor Tina Kotek told Trump that it was not necessary to send the troops.

The president's judicial victory comes amid the aftermath of Saturday's massive protests against his government under the slogan "No Kings"Millions of people took to the streets along the coast at the country's expense to demonstrate their opposition to the country's increasing militarization, as well as other actions they consider a clear abuse of power by Trump.