CLAIRE RUSH AND MELISSA GOLDIN
Associated Press\
PORTLAND, Ore. — President Donald Trump, members of his administration and conservative influencers painted a bleak portrait of Portland, Oregon, at a roundtable event this past week at the White House, alleging that the city has been besieged by violence perpetrated by "antifa thugs" and that it is essentially a war zone.
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