"Mayor Daniel Lurie today said that President Trump simply called him - no go-betweens or consigliere required - and told him there would no longer be a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco. The president simply dialed the mayor up and talked at him. If they decide to make this into a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, I suggest Lurie be played by this guy."
"And, just like that, a daylong crisis and flood-the-zone news cycle across the Bay Area regarding the imminent deployment of border protection agents to the region was quelled. Or not: Oakland mayor Barbara Lee said the president didn't call her. Lurie and other local leaders are taking the president's words to mean that the rest of the Bay Area will be spared - but there was no overt pledge regarding that."
"All for the good. But what if Huang and Benioff had been in the mood for a military parade and called for sending in the troops? What if Lurie had been less polite? If things had gone even slightly differently, it stands to reason that federal immigration agents and/or armed troops could be rolling through the city by now."
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said President Trump called him directly to announce the cancellation of a planned federal troop deployment to the city. Local leaders interpreted the call as sparing the rest of the Bay Area, though no explicit pledge covered the entire region and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said she did not receive a call. The president noted billionaire CEOs had lobbied him and that Lurie asked "very nicely" not to establish a military presence. The situation raises concerns about capricious, personalized decision-making and the outsized influence of wealthy individuals on domestic security deployments.
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