In an interview broadcast on Sunday, US President Donald Trump threatened to send troops to San Francisco, another city where Democrats are in power. This was reported by the AFP agency, writes TASR.
- US President Trump plans to send troops to San Francisco.
- The National Guard is already deployed in some US cities.
- Trump criticizes local Democratic leaders for unrest in cities.
- Trump proposed the cities as training grounds for the armed forces.
- San Francisco is often presented as an example of urban decay.
Trump has already sent the National Guard to Los Angeles, Washington and Memphis, often against the will of local officials, and judges have halted its deployment in Chicago and Portland. “Next we’re going to San Francisco,” the head of the White House told Fox News. “The difference is, I think they want us in San Francisco. San Francisco was really one of the great cities of the world. And then 15 years ago, it went wrong.” he declared.
Trump has repeatedly exaggerated the extent of crime and unrest in US cities to justify ordering the deployment of troops, which was opposed by local representatives from the Democratic Party, AFP wrote. In September, he suggested that American cities could be “training grounds” for the military.
The French agency added that right-leaning American television often presents San Francisco, which has well-documented problems with homelessness and drug addiction, as the best example of the supposed decline of urban centers in the country controlled by Democrats.
