President Trump orders deployment of US troops in Portland
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Extending his controversial use of the military in Democrat-led major US cities, Donald Trump says he's authorised soldiers who will be deployed to Portland to use "full force" if needed. He described the city in Oregon as "war-ravaged". Also: nearly 40 people are killed in a crush at a political campaign event in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the people of Moldova vote in a parliamentary election that will help determine if the country moves closer to the EU or Russia, and scientists say the tiny particles that help form stars and planets are much spongier than previously thought.
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| 0:29.3 | I'm Alex Ritson, and at 0500 GMT on Sunday the 28th of September, these are our main stories. |
| 0:39.7 | President Trump deploys troops to yet another Democrat-led city, this time Portland in Oregon. Thirty-nine people are killed in a crush |
| 0:45.7 | at a political rally in India, and thousands take to the streets in Argentina to protest against |
| 0:51.4 | the live-streamed torture and murder of three young women. |
| 0:57.7 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:59.8 | I don't think anyone in Europe has experienced anything like this interference. |
| 1:04.0 | Russia will try absolutely all methods to achieve what it wants. |
| 1:08.8 | Moldovans go to the polls in pivotal elections, |
| 1:11.8 | which could decide whether it turns towards the EU or Russia. |
| 1:21.0 | First it was Los Angeles, then Washington, D.C., then Memphis, |
| 1:25.6 | and now President Trump has ordered U.S. troops to be deployed to |
| 1:29.0 | the city of Portland in Oregon, this time to suppress protests targeting immigration detention |
| 1:34.5 | centers. Posting on social media, Mr. Trump said the soldiers were needed to deal with the left-wing |
| 1:40.4 | Antifa movement, which was this week designated as a domestic terrorist organization. |
| 1:46.2 | The governor of Oregon, Tina Kotech, said she told Mr. Trump that was not the case. |
| 1:51.9 | In my conversations directly with President Trump and Secretary Nome, I have been abundantly clear with them that Portland and the state of Oregon |
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