The US president has announced that he has canceled the planned deployment of federal forces in San Francisco. He did so after a phone call with the city’s mayor on Wednesday, who convinced him that the city was on the rise and warned that a large-scale militarized intervention would hamper its recovery.
US President Donald Trump canceled the deployment of troops in San Francisco on Thursday. The head of the White House informed about it on the Truth Social social network, and the mayor of the city, Daniel Lurie, confirmed it in a statement, writes TASR according to a report by The San Francisco Standard portal.
- US President Trump canceled the deployment of troops in San Francisco.
- The mayor says the situation in San Francisco is improving.
- Trump expressed doubt that local authorities could handle the situation.
Mayor of San Francisco: The city is on the rise
The mayor said Trump called him Wednesday night to discuss the upcoming federal crackdown. During the call, Lurie highlighted the city’s improving outlook. “I told him the same thing I told our citizens: San Francisco is on the rise. Visitors are coming back, buildings are being leased and bought, and workers are returning to their offices,” the mayor said.
Lurie told Trump he welcomes increased cooperation with federal agencies in the fight against drugs. At the same time, he emphasized that extensive militarized enforcement of immigration laws or the deployment of the National Guard would hinder the city’s recovery. “During this conversation, the president made it clear to me that he was canceling all plans to deploy federal forces in San Francisco,” Lurie said. “Minister of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirmed this intention in our conversation this morning,” he clarified.
Trump: We’ll see how they can do it without the troops
In a post on Truth Social, the US leader confirmed that he is delaying the plan to deploy troops after speaking with the mayor. “I told him I think he’s making a mistake because we can do it a lot faster and take out criminals that the law doesn’t allow him to take out,” Trump said. “We’ll see how you handle it,” he pointed out.
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, the AFP agency wrote. In September, he suggested that American cities could be “training grounds” for the military.
