Trump admin live updates: Gov. says 'no need' after Trump directs troops to Portland

The Portland Metro Chamber on Sunday released an open letter that says Trump’s threatened deployment of troops to the city would be counterproductive to Portland’s recovery and urged the Trump administration to “cease outdated narratives and disparagement of the city.”

“Rather than engaging in a show of force, imagine the good that could be accomplished if the federal government sent engineers, teachers, or outreach workers to support our progress. This deployment is unwanted, unneeded, and un-American in the city we call home,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said.

The letter outlined a decrease in homicides and gun violence, which Portland leaders say proves "local law enforcement and community partnerships are delivering results without federal overreach." They also said that a federal troop deployment would hurt its economy.

“Given the economic fallout seen in D.C. during National Guard deployment, federal troops would directly threaten this progress and undermine the very momentum that's attracting business activity and talent back to our city, Andrew Hoan, president of the Portland Metro Chamber, said.

The letter also draws parallels to 2020, when the Trump administration deployed federal agents in response to protests, which the letter “inflamed and extended the protests” and “compounded the harm to Portland.

The letter was signed by 110 community leaders and co-signed by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, U.S. House representatives and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson.

-ABC News’ Alyssa Pone and Oren Oppenheim

Ahead of hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump posted to social media teasing successful negotiations among "all" parties in the Middle East -- claiming "something special" is on the horizon for "greatness" in the region.

"We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL ARE ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL, FIRST TIME EVER. WE WILL GET IT DONE," Trump wrote on social media. It was not immediately clear which countries or leaders Trump was referring to.

The post comes days after Trump reported "inspired and productive" discussions regarding a possible ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

The top four congressional leaders will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday ahead of the government funding deadline, a White House official and multiple congressional sources confirmed to ABC News.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are expected to be in attendance.

This comes after Trump canceled a previously scheduled meeting with congressional leaders.

Democrats have been demanding a bipartisan meeting to address government funding. They also want provisions included in the funding bill that would protect health care programs, including an extension of the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits.

Punchbowl News first reported the meeting.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott, Lauren Peller and Isabella Murray

Gov. Tina Kotek joined Portland officials Saturday afternoon to push back against Trump's order to send federal troops to the city.

"There is no need for military troops in our city," she said at the news conference adding that any federal takeover was a "threat to communities across Oregon."

She warned Oregon residents "not to take the bait."

"Let's not respond to what the President is trying to do. We have to raise our voices, absolutely, peacefully, to the things that we believe in. I also want to say that property damage, or violence of any kind, will get us nowhere and will not be tolerated," she said.

Portland Chief of Police Bob Day told reporters that despite the president's claims, he has not seen an uptick in violent unrest.

"We have had literally tens upon thousands of Portlanders walking the streets in our parks, expressing their First Amendment right, their opinion, their dissidence, with what they're seeing happening on a federal or even a local level, and yet we have not had arrests," he said.

"We have not had vandalism, we have not had the challenges that we have faced in years past," he added.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson called the potential troop deployment a "show of force."

"After a big show everyone goes home and that's what I want to happen here today," he said.

-ABC News' Jeffrey Cook