President Trump said on Thursday he has called off a planned “surge” of troops into San Francisco after speaking with friends of his who live in the area. “The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress. 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,” Trump said. “I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove. I told him, ‘It’s an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer but, let’s see how you do?’ The people of San Francisco have come together on fighting Crime, especially since we began to take charge of that very nasty subject,” he continued. “Great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others have called saying that the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a ‘shot.’ Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!” he added. NBC News provided further info: Lurie confirmed in a statement that he spoke to Trump on Wednesday night, saying, “I told him the same thing I told our residents: San Francisco is on the rise.” “We have work to do, and we would welcome continued partnerships with the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Attorney to get drugs and drug dealers off our streets, but having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery,” he added. “We appreciate that the president understands that we are the global hub for technology, and when San Francisco is strong, our country is strong.” Trump has toyed with the idea of sending federal troops to San Francisco since the summer, but recent support from Benioff, an influential tech mogul, gave the suggestion more weight. Benioff told The New York Times this month that he would support Trump’s sending federal troops to police his city. “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,” he said. But Benioff reversed his position Friday, writing on X: “I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco. My earlier comment came from an abundance of caution around the event, and I sincerely apologize for the concern it caused.” Yesterday, I spoke to San Franciscans about a potential federal deployment in our city. I said then what I have said since taking office, that keeping San Franciscans safe is my top priority. Late last night, I received a phone call from the President of the United States. I… — Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 (@DanielLurie) October 23, 2025 “These are great cities that can be fixed, so I’m going to be strongly recommending, at the request of government officials – which is always nice – that you start looking at San Francisco,” Trump said last week. President Trump Reveals Next City His Administration Could Address Crime – “It’s A Mess” Trump said San Francisco was one of the country’s great cities about 10 to 15 years ago, but it’s now a “mess.” “We have great support in San Francisco, so I would like to recommend that for inclusion, maybe in your next group,” he added. Check it out: ?#BREAKING: President Trump has revealed that San Francisco, California, is next on his list of cities to clean up as he has announced plans to deploy federal agents to address the city’s rising crime. He described San Francisco as a mess adding that he has strong local support… pic.twitter.com/s7Q5b2XObu — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) October 15, 2025 POLITICO noted: While Democrats like Newsom have regularly assailed Trump and condemned his tactic of summoning federal law enforcement to bolster his immigration agenda, Lurie has deliberately avoided provoking the president and said he is focused on quality-of-life issues after ousting the incumbent mayor last year.