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White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland


Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in Minnesota

A senior White House official accidentally leaked details of plans to send an elite army unit to Portland, in the latest intelligence leak by the Trump administration.

Anthony Salisbury, a top deputy to Stephen Miller, the influential White House policy adviser, was observed using Signal in a public place to discuss a plan to deploy the army’s 82nd airborne division to Portland, the Democratic-run Oregon city which Donald Trump has repeatedly castigated as being “war-ravaged”.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/us-military-portland-oregon-trump-administration

Author : Adam Gabbatt

Publish date : 2025-10-04 15:17:00

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