Troops were deployed to the city in response to weeks of ongoing anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody two months ago.
President Donald Trump confirmed a deal was struck with Oregon officials but warned “if they don’t secure their city soon we have no choice, we’re going to have to go in and clean it out". Image: AP
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Looks one of those usual situations where Trump made thing worse and expected his solution to fix everything. When job done take the credit....not this time. OR Deployed elsewhere or maybe too expensive? A large number of law enforcement people away from home is expensive.
Yeah right. Your next story. Courthouse burnt to the Ground. Oh that’s right SILLY ME. YOU’LL IGNORE IT.
In a way I an glad, now America will see exactly what they can expect if they vote Democrat
The US Marshalls protect Federal buildings, and they remain. In addition, State Police from Oregon will replace the Marshalls, ATF, FBI, and DEA, who came from out of state.
Which means they won't be leaving.
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Ministers' trip to US shows 'seriousness of situation' | Sky News AustraliaThe fact that Australia is sending two of its most senior government ministers to the US for defence talks shows the seriousness of the situation, according to the US Studies Centre’s James Brown. \n\nForeign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds opted for an in-person visit for the Australia–US Ministerial Consultation (AUSMIN) talks despite the offer of an online briefing.\n\n“It’s a time when there’s deep competition between the US and China,” Mr Brown told Sky News.\n\n“I think it’s really important the ministers have made the effort to go to the United States, nothing replaces the person-to-person diplomacy.\n\nDiscussions are expected to centre on the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.\n\nThe US is calling for 'concrete cooperation' with 'freedom of navigation exercises' asking for Australia to sail within 12 nautical miles of the islands - a move Australia has rejected. \n\nAustralia did label China's claims to the islands 'illegal' through the United Nations which enraged the Asian superpower.\n\nBoth ministers will be forced into quarantine when they return to Australia.\n Suggests to me that we're about to get called on to support a regional 'military initiative” Shows me that Trump is in control and is planning on how to get rid of our kiddy fiddling government with the help of the military Seriousness of the situation: Scomo has been blindly following Trump who is losing 2020 election
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Daniel Andrews needs to 'save us the crocodile tears' | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Paul Murray says the aged care situation in Victoria got worse because Premier Daniel Andrews chose to ignore the federal government’s advice to move the sick out of aged care. \n\n“A week ago, [the Andrews government] were being told by the feds, you need to start cleaning out elective surgery, stop elective surgery, the beds that would otherwise go for category two, category three elective surgery, those beds should be for people currently sick in nursing homes,” Mr Murray said. \n\n“With every days delay people got sicker, more workers got sick and people are dying.\n\n“It was only after the Prime Minister picked up the phone and spoke to Daniel Andrews that this ended up changing.”\n\nMr Murray said the media has been lapping up footage of Daniel Andrews talking about his mum saying he wouldn't let his mum live in some of Victoria's aged-care homes. \n\n“Save me the crocodile tears, save me the stories about your mum in aged care because other people’s mums and dads in aged care suffered, and are suffering tonight because the Victorian government did not follow the advice that they were getting.” Mr Murray said. \n\n“Which was to move people out of Aged-care last week.”\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n Oh hang on a minute, what's this all about?
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US commends Aus for standing firm against Beijing's 'intense coercive pressure' | Sky News AustraliaThe United States has issued China a firm slap down following high-level meetings with Australia's defence and foreign ministers in Washington. \n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Australia and the US faced immediate crisis as a result of China’s ambitions and applauded Australia for standing firm against Beijing. \n\n“The United States commends the Morrison government for standing up for democratic values and the rule of law despite intense, continued, coercive pressure from the Chinese Communist Party to bow to Beijing’s wishes,” he said. \n\n“It is unacceptable for Beijing to use exports or student fees as a cajole against Australia. \n\n“We stand with our Australian friends.” \n\nUS Defence Secretary Mark Esper issued a stern warning to Beijing, saying America had no intention of backing down. \n\n“We will fly, we will sail, and we will operate wherever international law allows, and we will defend the rights of our allies and partners to do the same,” he said. \n\nAustralia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne tread a much more diplomatic line, but assured Australia would stand up for democratic rights. \n\n“We reiterated our commitment to holding states to account when they breach international norms and laws, as we have done and will continue to do so in relation to China’s erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong,” she said. \n\nImage: AP FatherBob SecPompeo ScottMorrisonMP All China has to do to bring USA and Australia to their knees is stop exporting ....have these idiot politicians noticed that EVERYTHING we purchase has been MADE IN CHINA SecPompeo ScottMorrisonMP Careful, Australia SecPompeo ScottMorrisonMP Is this all $10M brings in positive press for Scotty? 🤔 talkisnotcheap
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US media pretends violent Black Lives Matter rioters are 'peaceful protesters | Sky News AustraliaANALYSIS Thuggish rioters continue to burn down their own cities, assault police and destroy private businesses but still the mainstream media in the United States is refusing to drop the “peaceful protest” label, writes Jack Houghton. Terrorists which should be dealt with as such. I wish there was just one media outlet here in the U.S. that would print what you just did. Peaceful protesters ? They should NOT underestimate the public opinion
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US coronavirus death toll surpasses 150,000 | Sky News AustraliaThe United States’ coronavirus death toll has surpassed 150,000 after several states reported record spikes in the number of new fatalities. \n\nMore than 10,000 deaths were added to the national tally in the past 11 days, marking the steepest incline in fatalities since early June. \n\nCalifornia, Texas and Florida were among those states devastated by the pandemic. \n\nImage: AP The US is a failed state
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Australia-China trade relationship 'incredibly strong' despite geopolitical tension | Sky News AustraliaInvestSMART's Evan Lucas says Prime Minister Scott Morrison was entirely correct when he said Australia's trade relationship with China remained 'incredibly strong' despite geopolitical tensions. \n\n'Australia's exports to China at one point - in the second quarter - were as high as 42 per cent of our total trade,' Mr Lucas said.\n\n'Iron ore will be a major driver in 2021 of our revenue. It will be a major driver for government coffers. It's still well north of US$100 per tonne.'\n\nMr Lucas attributed Australia's positive trade balance, in part, to Brazil's struggling iron ore industry due to the coronavirus pandemic. \n\nEconomic forecasting suggested China's GDP could grow by eight per cent in 2021. ScottMorrisonMP Tell that to the barley growers ScottMorrisonMP ScottMorrisonMP Right now I think CCP likes Australia’s iron ore and a few of our other Resources but they are definitely not happy with us calling them out on the virus and backing the USA in South China Sea
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