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Elon Musk supported deployment of federal troops In San Francisco, a bombshell post claimed it was the “only solution” to the city’s drug problem.
Musk, who led massive layoffs so-called government efficiency department Before leaving the White House in May, he said that the city of San Francisco was “a drug zombie apocalypse.”
His comments follow him departure from the trump administration After a public dispute with President Donald Trump and Allegation that Musk himself was using drugs While he was pumping millions into the Republican 2024 presidential campaign. He denied the allegations and said they were “lies”.
As the president continues to target Democratic strongholds and is currently locked in a court battle over sending troops to Chicago and Portland, attention has turned to the bohemian California city following recent comments by Marc Benioff, CEO of software giant Salesforce.
In an interview published Friday, the San Francisco-native explained the new York Times He supported sending federal troops to help combat crime.
“We don’t have enough policemen, so if they can become police, I’m all for it,” he said. Shop By his private jet.
While San Francisco officials and some residents are strongly against the idea, Musk is in favor of it.
“This is the only solution at this point. Nothing else will work or work,” Musk said in a post on X on Sunday.
Musk was responding to a social media post shared by Tom Wolf, a former homeless San Francisco resident and heroin addict, who quoted a survey It found that 61 percent of the city’s voters support federal intervention to deport undocumented fentanyl dealers. Including voters who “somewhat agreed” with this sentiment, the number increased to 83 percent.
“It’s so crazy around here,” Wolf said.
“Look, no one really wants an army on our streets,” Wolf said in another post. Wolf claimed in another post, “But this evolution of Benioff is a direct result of San Francisco continuing to allow (yes, allow) an organized drug dealing network of 500-1k dealers to operate unabated in broad daylight for the past decade.”
Benioff has donated more than $1 billion to the Bay Area over the past 25 years, including homelessness initiatives, schools and hospitals.
While Musk seemed to agree with Benioff about deploying federal troops, he also criticized the fellow billionaire for supporting a 2018 tax measure that diverted funding for homeless services in the city from large corporations.
“Benioff needs to repeal the disastrous Proposition C that he pushed,” Musk said, referring to the tax measure Proposition C.
In August, Trump said he was considering deploying federal troops to San Francisco, which he claimed had been “destroyed” by Democrats.
In a message directed at Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins warned that she would retaliate if they targeted the city.
“If you come to San Francisco and illegally harass our residents, use excessive force or cross any other line prohibited by law, I will not hesitate to do my job and hold you accountable just as I do other violators of the law every day,” Jenkins said in a post on Instagram Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Oregonian city of Portland is awaiting an appeals court panel’s decision on whether the president can send federal troops after a judge ordered a temporary halt on the deployment.