For weeks, President Donald Trump had been threatening to deploy members of the United States military to San Francisco, California.But on Thursday, Trump made a sudden about-face, announcing he would not push forward with a “surge” of troops to the Democratic stronghold – at least, for now.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“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,” Trump wrote on his online platform, Truth Social.The Republican leader credited Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce cofounder Marc Benioff, two titans of the tech industry, with helping to convince him to reverse course.Trump added that he had also spoken with San Francisco’s mayor, centrist Democrat Daniel Lurie. But in relaying their call, the president hinted that Thursday’s decision may not be his final word on the matter.“He asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around,” Trump said of Lurie in his post.“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?’” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie discusses President Donald Trump’s comments on October 23 in San Francisco [Noah Berge …
