US President Donald Trump threatened to send the military – National Guard units – to San Francisco, as he has ordered to other major cities governed by Democrats, during an interview broadcast on Sunday.

“We’re going to San Francisco,” the mogul told a Fox News reporter when asked if the Californian city would be next on his list.

Since returning to power, Donald Trump has sent the military into Los Angeles, Washington and Memphis, despite the position of Democratic local elected officials, in what he says is a crackdown on illegal immigration and crime. His actions are strongly criticized by the opposition.

The troop deployments in Chicago and Portland were suspended due to rulings by judges who ruled there was no credible evidence to justify such a measure.

“The difference (with Chicago) is that they want us in San Francisco,” the Republican president assured yesterday, without clarifying who he was referring to.

The chairman and CEO of San Francisco-based IT giant Salesforce, Marc Benioff, recently said he thinks the military should be deployed to the city, but Democratic Mayor David Lurie and other local officials have expressed opposition to any such move.

Marc Benioff has since retracted and apologized.

President Trump also yesterday repeated his threat to declare a state of emergency to continue the military deployment, criticized by the opposition and civil, political and human rights groups.

“Don’t forget, I can use the Sedition Act,” he added, referring to a long-ago package of laws that allow the armed forces to act against American citizens.

The National Guard, a reserve force, is trained and can be deployed to respond to natural disasters, as well as to military operations abroad.

In late September, Donald Trump told an audience of top US military officers that “some of these dangerous cities” could serve as “training grounds” for the military.