“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. 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, Its an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer but, lets 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. 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!” @realDonaldTrump
Fact-Check Summary President Trump’s post about calling off a planned federal law enforcement “surge” in San Francisco is strongly supported by contemporaneous reporting and official statements from all involved. Each key claim—planning of a federal operation, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s direct appeal to Trump, significant documented improvements in crime rates under Lurie’s tenure, and calls from […]