Trump says he's removing National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland

The development comes after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is removing National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, following a major setback at the Supreme Court.

“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again — Only a question of time!” Trump said on Truth Social.

The Supreme Court last week declined an emergency request from the Trump administration that said the troops were necessary to protect federal agents working in Chicago to enforce immigration policies.

In an unsigned order, the court rejected the administration's claim that circumstances on the ground in Illinois met the criteria for the president to invoke a federal law allowing him to call up the National Guard to federal service.

“At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the court ruled.