Trump Calls Off San Francisco Agent Surge

President Trump called off a planned federal surge of roughly 100 agents to San Francisco after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie and receiving calls from tech CEOs including Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff, saying he would give the city a “shot” to turn things around. The pause follows similar deployments to Los Angeles and Chicago that prompted backlash and clashes over federal enforcement. Lurie said the city did not need a militarized intervention, welcomed coordinated federal support from law-enforcement agencies, and rejected using the National Guard to make arrests. Officials and reports cited improving indicators — including falling crime, shrinking encampments and an AI-driven economic rebound — as reasons city leaders urged delaying the surge. Critics said wealthy tech leaders' influence helped persuade the president to hold off.