Trump halts federal agent deployment amid Oakland protests
Donald Trump will not deploy federal agents to San Francisco, the US President and the California city's mayor said in separate social media posts on Thursday (October 23), a surprising stand-down as Trump pressures Democrat-led cities around the country.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said Trump called him Wednesday night to tell him he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment. US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "reaffirmed that direction" in a separate call Thursday morning, Lurie said in an X post.
Trump confirmed the agreement in a post on Truth Social, saying the federal government had been preparing a surge in San Francisco but would cancel it.
Trump had indicated San Francisco would be the next stop for National Guard troops he was sending to various US Democratic-led cities, moves that have been challenged in courts.
Despite the apparent stand-down, a handful of US Border Patrol vehicles arrived at a US Coast Guard base in the Bay Area on Thursday morning and were met with dozens of protesters.
Protesters also rallied in nearby Oakland.
(Source: Reuters)
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