“We will be withdrawing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, even though crime has been significantly reduced thanks to the presence of these great Patriots in those cities.” cities, and for that reason alone,” he wrote on Truth Social.

“Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago would have disappeared if not for the intervention of the Federal Government. We will return, perhaps in a very different form and with more force, when crime begins to rise again. It is only a matter of time!” he added.

In his message, Trump lashed out at the Democratic mayors and governors of the three cities, calling them “incompetent” and questioning their opposition to the presence of the troops given “the great progress made.”

The Trump administration has been waging legal battles to keep the National Guard in cities that oppose its presence, CBS News reported.

Last week, the US Supreme Court upheld a federal ruling in Chicago that prohibits the administration from deploying National Guard. troops in Illinois while a legal challenge proceeds.

In early December, a federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard members of California in Los Angeles and ordered him to return control of the Guard to Governor Gavin Newsom.

In October, a federal appeals court authorized the administration to deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland while a legal challenge is resolved.