President Trump called off the “surge” of troops to San Francisco, he announced on Truth Social. He wrote that “friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge [and] that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress.”
“I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around. I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove,” Trump explained. “I told him, ‘It’s an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer but, let’s see how you do?’ The people of San Francisco have come together on fighting Crime, especially since we began to take charge of that very nasty subject.”
“Great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others have called saying that the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a ‘shot.’ Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!”
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed the matter, saying President Trump “told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning.”
Governor Gavin Newsom (D) condemned President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to San Francisco, urging Californians to memorize contact information, plan accordingly, and speak peacefully. “Stay smart, safe, and don’t give them the excuse they’re wanting to escalate their crackdown,” he wrote on social media, adding, “Act intelligently, take care of yourself, and don’t give them the pretext they’re looking for to intensify their repression.”
Newsom also threatened to sue the Trump administration if he sent troops to the city.
