President Donald Trump is doubling down on his intention to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco, claiming that people in the city “want” it.

“We’re going to go to San Francisco—the difference is I think they want us in San Francisco,” he said on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures,” which aired over the weekend.

“San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world, and then 15 years ago it went wrong—it went woke,” Trump continued. “We’re going to go to San Francisco, and we’re going to make it great.”

The President has deployed or suggested deploying federal troops to several other cities since returning to office in January.

He hasn’t yet sent troops to San Francisco during either of his terms, and California officials are pushing back on the idea of a

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