Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show.” His website, The Blade of Perseus, features columns, lectures, and exclusive content for subscribers. Contact him at authorvdh@gmail.com.

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Portrait of Victor Davis HansonHello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. President Donald Trump is sending federalized troops into Portland, Oregon, because the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center and headquarters there is under veritable assault, especially in the night hours.

In other words, Antifa-like protesters surround the facility. They make it almost impossible to drive in and out. And they’re trying to disrupt the idea itself that the federal government has a right to apprehend illegal aliens that have warrants out for their deportation.

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Why would Donald Trump want to get into that morass in Portland, Oregon? Why would he want to incur such anger from liberal Portland? I don’t think he wants to. After all, he’s going to be judged in the November midterms on the economy, maybe the border, but not whether he went into Portland or not. In some ways, it’s a lose-lose situation. …

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