Trump says federal deployment to San Francisco called off after conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie
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Trump Calls Off Federal Agent Deployment to San Francisco
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
Trump demonstrated statesmanship by listening. When tech titans like Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff — alongside Mayor Lurie's measured appeal — presented San Francisco's actual progress, the President chose pragmatism over spectacle. Rather than bulldozing forward with federal force, he granted the city space to prove itself. It was a rare moment of restraint: powerful, strategic, and surprisingly wise — choosing partnership over punishment.
Anti-Trump narrative
California drew the line and Trump blinked. Newsom and Bonta's immediate legal threat — backed by federal judges who'd already ruled against similar deployments in Chicago and Los Angeles — forced the would-be tyrant into retreat. When confronted with actual accountability, constitutional guardrails, and governors refusing to bow, Trump's theater collapsed. California proved that resolute defiance, not capitulation, stops the power-drunk.