I'm kinda surprised that this shit in Seattle hasn't spread to other cities: Portland, SF, Minneapolis for starters. It ain't so much concern for Antifa as for the people who live in the area and didn't ask for this, although I think that some did. Wonder how many rapes, beatings, robberies, and extortion are going on, and how long it will continue. Doesn't sound like the mayor or governor will do jack squat about the situation. But unless reports start to surface about killings and looting/burning, I don't think Trump has reasonable cause to intervene. Yet. And if Antifa puts up a fight, how many dead people will be portrayed as martyrs. Frankly, I don't think it's a good idea to let this situation drag on, cuz other Antifa groups in other cities will be embolden to do the same thing elsewhere. But we don't need a war zone either with a bunch of casualties.
For now, I say let things go as they are until the situation changes. Politically, I think it makes the Dems look bad to the rest of America. At this point the ball is still n Seattle's and Washington state, everyone can get a good look at the consequences of a no-cops area. Somebody is going to have to pay for all this, including the cleanup and it looks like it will be the people who voted for the mayor and the governor. You asked for it, you got it.