The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco,” Trump said in an interview with Maria Bartiromo.
Sacks argued a “targeted operation” could quickly clean up San Francisco while Benioff suggested troops could help with policing duties.
The city’s homicide rate this year is expected to be the lowest since 1954, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
“First of all, San Franciscans don’t want him to send his personal army to occupy and invade San Francisco.
“But we also know that he hates San Francisco, he hates what we represent because we support immigrants, we support LGBTQ people.”
Donald Trump has once again promised to send troops to San Francisco, saying in an interview with Fox News that he has “unquestioned power” to send the national guard and that the people of San Francisco want the military there.
We intend to travel to San Francisco. The distinction is that, in an interview with Maria Bartiromo, Trump stated, “I believe they want us in San Francisco.”.
Tech billionaires Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, Elon Musk, and David Sacks, a prominent Trump donor who the president appointed as his AI and crypto czar, all voiced support for a deployment in the city, prompting his remarks. Sacks maintained that San Francisco could be swiftly cleaned up with a “targeted operation,” while Benioff proposed using troops to assist with policing. After receiving criticism, Benioff subsequently expressed regret for his position and declared that he no longer believed that troops were required.
Trump has attempted to deploy the military to other Democratic-run cities, such as Chicago and Portland, since he ordered contentious deployments to Los Angeles and Washington, DC. There has been strong opposition to his efforts, as well as demonstrations and legal issues.
A judge determined in September that Trump had broken federal law when he sent the military to go with law enforcement on immigration enforcement missions in Los Angeles. A federal judge issued an injunction, halting the deployment of federal troops in Portland.
Nevertheless, the president has persisted in implying that he would send troops to San Francisco in recent weeks. Trump claimed that he could order a deployment by using the “unquestioned power” of the Insurrection Act.
“Remember: I have the Insurrection Act at my disposal,” he said.
A federal law in the United States known as the Insurrection Act grants the president the authority to federalize national guard troops or send the military inside the nation to put an end to domestic uprisings. Through it, soldiers can participate in domestic law enforcement operations like conducting searches and making arrests. The act was used dozens of times, including to respond to riots in Los Angeles in 1992 and to protect students and activists during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Leaders in San Francisco have been bracing for months for Trump’s threats because the city has long been in his sights. He regularly mocked the city’s homelessness problem and made repeated threats of action during his first term in office. He claimed that his opponent, Kamala Harris, had “destroyed” the city during the 2020 presidential campaign, turning it from “the best city” to “not even livable.”.
“San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world and then 15 years ago it went wrong,” Trump reiterated over the weekend. It became woke. “”.
Citing declining crime rates and increasing police recruitment, local officials, including the mayor and district attorney, have declared that crime in the city is under control. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, this year’s homicide rate is predicted to be the lowest since 1954.
“To maintain the safety of our city, we collaborate closely with the relevant state and federal law enforcement agencies on a daily basis,” Mayor Daniel Lurie said. And for San Francisco, that coordination is producing outcomes. “”.
Despite the president’s remarks, state senator Scott Wiener stated in an interview with KTVU that San Francisco did not want Trump to send troops to the city.
San Franciscans, first and foremost, oppose him sending his own army to invade and occupy San Francisco. That is not what we desire. He said, “So he needs to leave, back off.”. However, we are also aware that he despises San Francisco and everything we stand for because we support LGBTQ individuals and immigrants. “.”.
