US EditionTrump Claims ‘Government Officials’ Asked for Intervention in SF After Benioff, Musk Call for National Guard
Tech leaders urge President Trump to send federal troops to tackle escalating crime despite legal challenges and opposition from San Francisco officials.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump vowed to mobilize troops and strongly recommended sending the National Guard to San Francisco during an Oval Office event with FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- Following public pleas from CEOs, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, called San Francisco a `drug zombie apocalypse` on X Sunday while Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO, backed Guard use as cops last week.
- Official data show violent crime in San Francisco fell 22% last year, with Mayor Daniel Lurie and local officials noting declines in homicides and increased police recruitment at a Wednesday news conference.
- Judicial actions paused deployments, with a judge in Chicago blocking troop deployment for 14 days and an appeals court limiting National Guard deployment despite federalization.
- State and local leaders responded that San Francisco officials reject federal troops, with Diana Crofts-Pelayo calling deployments unwanted and Democratic State Senator Scott Wiener saying the city neither needs nor wants a 'personal army.
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Trump claims ‘government officials’ asked for intervention in SF after Benioff, Musk call for National Guard
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