All power does derive from the bottom. The various “snatch” teams likely were training for such specialized operation in larger cities. All you have to add are extralegal renditions.

Trump just said heÃ¢ÂÂll send federal law enforcement to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, and Oakland. And says the feds in Portland are doing a great job.

These were the kinds of things that have been pointed out ad nauseam outside the audience of the president; Wallace just had the venue and the wherewithal to actually press him on them. And the result was something unlike we’ve seen thus far in Trump’s presidency.

In other circumstances, this could have come off as overly adversarial. But Wallace was putting his finger on the ridiculousness of the claim — just as he had so many times previously in the interview.

Wallace shot back: “Well, one of them was count back from 100 by seven.” He began counting: “Ninety-three.”

Trump then conceded that some questions are easy but then remarkably contended that some are difficult as the test goes on: “But I’ll bet you couldn’t even answer the last five questions. I’ll bet you couldn’t. They get very hard, the last five questions.”

The confidence Trump displayed in his false claims was truly something to behold. (“Ready?” “I will get that one just like I was right on the mortality rate.”) The question has often been whether he truly believes his own hype or is just committed to the lie. Either way, Wallace laid it bare.

“On Sunday… # Trump was exposed in a way he simply hasn’t been — and by a Fox News host to boot.”

U.S. House Democratic leaders are asking for federal inspectors general to investigate the Trump administration's use of federal law enforcement agencies against protesters in Portland, Oregon, and other cities. https://t.co/i2BnZjjDdF

My friend @SMeieran Ã¢ÂÂ a Portland ER doctor and County Commissioner Ã¢ÂÂ was tear gassed by Donald TrumpÃ¢ÂÂs occupying army for peacefully protesting. If youÃ¢ÂÂre not terrified by whatÃ¢ÂÂs happening in Portland right now, youÃ¢ÂÂre not paying attention. https://t.co/aK99nuLMdf

What we've seen in Portland the last few nightsÃ¢ÂÂthe deployment of federal law enforcement officers to violently target peaceful protestÃ¢ÂÂviolates Americans' civil rights and weakens our democracy.

Protesters and federal police clashed in Portland, Oregon, as ongoing demonstrations against police violence drew an estimated 1,000 people over the weekend Ã¢ÂÂ the largest crowds in weeks https://t.co/v3jwiaWeid pic.twitter.com/M0bq09NiOD

A fairly complete summary of the past months in Portland:

…thus far, the only escalation seen recently has been the federal agents now roaming the streets of downtown Portland in rented vans, arresting activists seemingly at random. These men display no identification, no name tag or badge number or anything else that might be useful identifying them. That fact has rightly shocked Americans across the country, but at this point, it is nothing new to Portland protesters.

Portland Police have been hiding their names for weeks, instead using numbers that cannot be correlated to names by any means available to citizens. Members of multiple different law enforcement agencies, all with different rules of engagement from the PPB, have been policing demonstrations since the very beginning. As Tuck Woodstock, a local reporter, noted on Twitter:

“This is the natural escalation of the last 7 weeks. This is what has come of Portlanders protesting police brutality for 50 days: more bizarre acts of police brutality. Portlanders are risking everything every day. Please notice.”

That is, in the end, what both the Portland press corps and the people out in the streets, protesting every night, seem to want from the rest of the United States. Please pay attention to the videos of officers ripping people’s face masks off to spray mace directly into their mouths. Please pay attention to the video of Donovan LaBella, blood gushing from his head, seizing on the ground. And, yes, please pay attention to the videos of men in full combat gear abducting activists off the street.

Pay attention, because it is my belief that all of this will not stay confined to Portland. Your city might be next.