"we should take this with a grain a salt and we have to wonder if this means the deployment of agents to Coast Guard Island today will instead be used for immigration operations in the East Bay. Also, Trump could simply be waiting for circumstances on the ground to change, so that he can say, "See, now we have to go in with troops," if he doesn't like what he sees."
"Lurie tweeted Thursday morning about a phone call he had with the president in which he, apparently, convinced Trump to call off any deployment of federal agents or National Guard troops in the city of San Francisco. Or, maybe, Trump called to say he had already decided not to deploy agents or troops to San Francisco, when there is nothing going on here at the moment."
Mayor Daniel Lurie said he received a phone call from President Trump indicating any federal or National Guard deployment in San Francisco was called off. Lurie confirmed with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that a federal deployment in San Francisco was canceled, while stressing the city remains prepared for any scenario. Officials expressed concern that personnel intended for Coast Guard Island could be redirected for immigration operations elsewhere in the East Bay or Oakland. Trump has repeatedly labeled San Francisco a "disaster" and threatened intervention, raising doubts that assurances could change if circumstances shift.
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