Oregon Governor Tells Rachel Maddow A Story Suggesting Trump's Mental Decline

Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR) told a story that suggested that Donald Trump has no idea what's going on and is in severe decline.

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As part of his effort to distract from the shutdown, Donald Trump announced that he was sending troops to Portland, Oregon. Even though the unrest in Portland was being provoked by ICE agents, Trump had some kind of information in his mind that Portland was a “war zone.”

Gov. Tina Kotek appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show and discussed the troop deployment to Portland.

Rachel Maddow asked Gov. Kotek, “ I know that you spoke directly with President Trump around the time that he was making this decision, and there’s been some reporting about that conversation that suggests that the president might have been basing his decision, or at least basing like…