
Trump makes good on troop pullout promise, vows return if Democrat city crime worsens
Fox News
Trump administration withdrew all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities as of January 2026, with President Trump warning "we will come back" if crime spirals again.
Trump federalized and deployed National Guard troops under Title 10 in June 2025, citing the need to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal property amid immigration unrest. Troops were sent to cities that also historically have struggled with spiraling crime trends, including during the 2020 era when the nation saw the largest single-year increase in murders since the FBI began tracking such data in the 1960s.
More than 5,000 troops in Los Angeles, approximately 500 in Chicago and 200 in Portland, Oregon, were demobilized, The Washington Post first reported Wednesday.













