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On Wednesday evening, San Francisco was scrambling to prepare for an imminent flood of federal agents. Activist networks mobilized to monitor and block ICE raids across the city, while city officials threatened to arrest any feds who broke the law.

The next morning, seemingly out of nowhere, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that those plans were on hold for now — due to pleas from city mayor Daniel Lurie and "friends of mine who live in the area."

"The people of San Francisco have come together on fighting Crime, especially since we began to take charge of that very nasty subject," Trump wrote.

"Great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others have called saying that the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a 'shot.' Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!"

In a press conference, he added that he had gotten "four or five calls" from "some incredible people, some friends of mine, very successful people... some of the smartest business leaders."

open image in gallery A U.S. Border Patrol officer tries to clear protesters while entering the Coast Guard base near San Francisco.