Donald Trump has canceled plans for a deployment of federal and immigration troops to San Francisco that had been met with serious backlash from California’s leaders and sent people out onto the streets in protest. The news came down yesterday after he had a chat with the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, and, well, the whole thing just got paused.
You’re probably scratching your head right now, because the Trump administration was absolutely poised to go through with this just hours before the announcement. Still, a quick conversation and a surprising level of politeness seemed to completely reverse the course of action. It’s a sudden about-face that has immediately quieted what was rapidly becoming a tense standoff in the Bay Area.
