San Francisco, United States, Oct 23, 2025 (AFP) - Trump says postponing federal 'surge' in San Francisco

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2025-10-23
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was postponing a "surge" of federal forces into San Francisco, after repeatedly musing about sending troops into a city Republicans routinely paint as a crime-ridden hellhole. Trump said he had been readying to order action at the weekend but had been persuaded to step back after speaking to "friends of mine who live in the area" and to Mayor Daniel Lurie. Lurie "asked, very nicely, that I give him a cha......
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