{"id":2527549,"date":"2025-12-31T17:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-withdraws-national-guard-from-chicago-la-and-portland\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:47:24","slug":"trump-withdraws-national-guard-from-chicago-la-and-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-withdraws-national-guard-from-chicago-la-and-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump withdraws National Guard from Chicago, LA, and Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-withdraws-national-guard-from-chicago-la-and-portland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2527549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Trump announced the withdrawal of National Guard units from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland even though he credited their deployments with &#8220;greatly reduced&#8221; crime and warned they could return if crime rises. He blamed Democratic mayors and governors for incompetence on Truth Social and said federal forces &#8220;saved&#8221; those cities. The move comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/invasion-defense-part-of-circuit-judge-debate-in-texas-marine-barrier-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Invasion defense part of circuit judge debate in Texas marine barrier case - Washington Examiner\">amid ongoing litigation<\/a>: the Supreme Court refused to lift a lower-court injunction blocking Guard deployments to Chicago, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal judge temporarily blocked<\/a> federalization of California&#8217;s Guard and returned control to Gov. Gavin Newsom, and a judge permanently barred Guard deployment in Portland. The Guard remains in Washington, D.C., for now after an appeals-court ruling, and units are also active in New Orleans at Gov. Jeff Landry&#8217;s request. Federal immigration agents, including Border Patrol, will continue operating in Chicago, with officials saying their presence could last years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump withdraws National Guard from Chicago, LA, and Portland despite &lsquo;greatly reduced&rsquo; crime<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2454091\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Wednesday that his administration is removing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\">National Guard<\/a> units from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite deployments to those cities leading to &ldquo;greatly reduced&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/crime\/\">crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren&rsquo;t for the Federal Government stepping in,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115816171466225987\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a> before teasing that the National Guard may return if crime rates increase.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4379181\/trump-colorado-governor-district-attorney-rot-in-hell-tina-peters-incarceration\/\">Trump tells Colorado governor and district attorney to &#8216;rot in Hell&#8217; over Tina Peters incarceration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4375511\/trump-veto-miccosukee-tribe-territory-expansion-everglades-alligator-alcatraz-opposition\/\">Trump vetoes law expanding Miccosukee tribe&#8217;s territory in Everglades after its opposition to &#8216;Alligator Alcatraz&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4364551\/leavitt-trump-revoke-citizenship-somalis-fraud-minnesota\/\">Trump &#8216;absolutely&#8217; wants to revoke citizenship of Somalis who committed fraud in Minnesota: Leavitt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Only a question of time! It is hard to believe that these Democrat Mayors and Governors, all of whom are greatly incompetent, would want us to leave, especially considering the great progress that has been made???&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected move comes as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> faces litigation in those cities over its use of the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>In Illinois, the federal government faced a setback last week when the Supreme Court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4356987\/supreme-court-denies-trump-bid-deploy-national-guard-chicago\/\">denied its request<\/a> to lift a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-alito-moves-up-deadline-for-supreme-court-briefing-in-pennsylvania-lawsuit-to-flip-the-election\/\" title=\"Justice Alito ...s Up Deadline For Supreme Court Briefing in Pennsylvania Lawsuit to Flip the Election\">lower court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s order blocking the federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\">Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In California, a federal judge <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/12\/10\/federal-court-to-trump-keeping-a-standing-army-is-illegal-the-federalization-of-californias-national-guard-must-end\/\">temporarily blocked<\/a> the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> and determined that Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) should regain control of the reserve force.<\/p>\n<p>In Oregon, a federal judge <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3880114\/judge-permanently-blocks-trump-deployment-national-guard-portland\/\">permanently blocked<\/a> the federal government from deploying the National Guard to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/portland\/\">Portland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Guard can retain its presence in Washington, D.C., for now, after an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3924132\/appeals-court-halts-order-blocked-dc-national-guard-deployment\/\">appeals court ruling<\/a>. Guard units are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4357279\/trump-deploy-350-national-guard-troops-new-orleans-crime-crackdown\/\">also active<\/a> in New Orleans after Trump granted Gov. Jeff Landry&rsquo;s (R-LA) request.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4361425\/muriel-bowser-most-trump-friendly-year-2025\/\">BOWSER RECORDS HER MOST TRUMP-FRIENDLY YEAR ON HER WAY OUT OF MAYOR&rsquo;S OFFICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governors typically have control over the National Guard, but the president can call the military branch into service under certain circumstances. In this case, Trump authorized the guard to combat crime.<\/p>\n<p>While the military is leaving Chicago, federal immigration authorities are still operating in the city. In fact, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4375465\/border-patrol-deployment-chicago-go-on-for-years\/\">said<\/a> on Wednesday that immigration officers will remain in the Windy City for years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump withdraws Guard from Chicago, LA, Portland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2527550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25350022016146.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4387,36585,37479,3619,3634],"class_list":["post-2527549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-chicago","tag-los-angeles","tag-national-guard","tag-portland","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25350022016146.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527553,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527549\/revisions\/2527553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}