Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says America’s tech capital has a police problem, and he’s welcoming President Donald Trump’s pitch to send National Guard troops to yet another Democrat-led city.
“We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,” Benioff told The New York Times on Friday.
Trump has already sent troops to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, but courts have blocked attempts to deploy troops to Chicago and Portland.
In August, he mentioned he was considering sending troops to San Francisco, adding that Democrats had “destroyed” the city and that his administration would “clean that up, too.”
Benioff told The Times the city is short about 1,000 police officers and believes National Guard troops could help reduce the city’s crime.
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