Trump withdraws from the decision to send federal agents to San Francisco

In a post on social networks, Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city is making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let the city prove itself, follows Periscope.

Trump's tweeting came after Louis said the two men spoke Wednesday evening, and Trump said he planned to cancel the deployment of federal troops in the city.

US Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) had begun arriving in the city of California to support federal efforts to track down illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, reports the Associated Press, protesters gathered outside a US Coastal Watchtower base where agents were located.

The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, citing an anonymous source of knowledge of the operation, reported on Wednesday that more than 100 CBP agents and other federal agents would arrive this week. Lucie and California Governor Gavin Newsom (two Democrats) condemned this action, saying it was intended to provoke violent protests.

Trump has repeatedly said he intends to send troops of the National Guard to San Francisco to crack down on crime, but has not specified a deadline for implementation of the plan. His allegations of widespread crime in San Francisco have confused local and state leaders, who show statistics showing that many crimes are at the lowest historical levels.

Trump has placed the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help fight what he calls an uncontrolled crime wave. Los Angeles was the first city where Trump established the National Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and federal agents, while protesters reacted to mass immigrants' arrests. He has also said the National Guard is necessary in Chicago and Portland, Oregon.