A confluence of protesters on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum merged on Portland’s waterfront Saturday in a tense but relatively uneventful face-off that brought national attention, including a tweet in the hours before the protest by President Trump decrying the city’s signature anti-fascist movement.
But it was the roving skirmishes that lasted for hours afterward and the jockeying to declare victory by the various factions that eventually eclipsed the earlier showdown.
-- The Oregonian/OregonLive