The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/22/trump-gunning-for-more-legal-and-militaristic-chaos-doubles-down-on-threat-to-bring-troops-to-sf/Whether he's legally permitted to or not, Herr Trump is doubling down on his earlier threat to send National Guard troops to combat "crime" in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco. Trump's latest round of political theater in DC is something he was legally permitted to do, declaring home rule in the district for 30 days, and effectively taking law enforcement out of the hands of the DC police. But his legal path to doing anything similar outside of DC looks far blurrier, though we shouldn't for a second believe he won't push on regardless. In comments on Friday from the Oval Office, President Trump declared again his inte

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