Trump says he's pulling National Guard out of Chicago, LA and Portland

Trump says he’s pulling National Guard out of Chicago, LA and Portland

The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a lower court’s decision barring Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago.

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-pulling-national-guard-chicago-portland-los-angeles

Dec. 31, 2025, 5:23 PM EST
By
Erum Salam

Trump announced Wednesday that he is pulling National Guard troops out of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, for now.

District judges and appeals courts have issued various rulings about the legality of the deployments. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a lower court’s decision barring Trump’s use of the National Guard in Chicago.

“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact,” Trump wrote in a TruthSocial post. “Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago 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 went on to call the Democratic leaders of the cities and states where he deployed troops “greatly incompetent.”