Trump Calls Off Deployment to San Francisco

President Trump has decided to halt a planned federal deployment to San Francisco this weekend after discussions with the city’s Democratic mayor, Daniel Lurie. Both leaders confirmed the decision on Thursday.

“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,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president said he initially opposed the idea, noting that federal troops could address the city’s crime problems “much faster,” but agreed to pause the deployment. “Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday,” he added.

Mayor Lurie responded by saying he told President Trump that “San Francisco is on the rise,” according to ABC News. In a social media post, Lurie acknowledged that “we have work to do” and expressed openness to collaborating with federal agencies, though he emphasized that “having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery.”

The announcement came just as federal agents were arriving in the Bay Area, where protesters gathered at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. President Trump said he also received calls from several friends in the city urging him to delay the deployment — including Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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