US President Donald Trump said he was withdrawing national guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, following a series of legal setbacks over his military deployments in US cities.
The Republican president sent troops into the three cities run by Democrats for what he said was a crackdown on illegal immigration and crime in the first year of his second term in the White House.
Local leaders criticised the moves as authoritarian overreach and launched a string of legal challenges, with the US Supreme Court last week blocking the Chicago deployment.
Former President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that the National Guard will be withdrawn from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland. He emphasized that the significant reduction in crime in these cities was achieved thanks to the presence of these dedicated service members.
Trump said the three cities “were GONE if it weren’t for the Federal Government stepping in.”
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again — Only a question of time!” Trump added.
