SAN FRANCISCO —

After mulling the decision to mobilize the National Guard to San Francisco, President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he is backing off from sending the troops.

The president, in his Truth Social post, said he spoke with friends of his on Wednesday evening. Trump said they asked him not to move forward with his deployment. Trump also said his friends told him that San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie "was making substantial progress."

Both Lurie and the city's attorney have publicly insisted that they do not require federal assistance and that they would sue if soldiers were sent to San Francisco.

"I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around," Trump said in a social media post. "I told him I think

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