Trump Ends National Guard Deployments In Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland
By BIN
January 2, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced that he is ending National Guard deployments in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland following a Supreme Court defeat, per Politico.
“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 on Wednesday (December 31) on social media.
The announcement comes after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s justification for deploying the Guard to Chicago, arguing the troops were needed to combat crime, did not meet the legal threshold required for federal intervention. The ruling effectively undercut the administration’s broader effort to use National Guard forces in major cities without state consent.
Democratic officials in all three cities and states had strongly opposed the deployments, arguing they were unlawful, unnecessary, and politically motivated. California, Illinois, and Oregon each challenged the deployments in court, with lower courts already blocking Guard activity in several instances before the Supreme Court ruling.
Trump didn't clarify whether National Guard deployments in other locations would also end, including Washington, D.C., where the president has greater authority over Guard forces, or New Orleans. Troops were sent to New Orleans this week at the request of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to provide additional security for New Year’s Eve celebrations.
On Wednesday, Trump warned that troops in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland could return in the future.
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again," the president wrote.
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