Daniel Lurie: the millionaire mayor who got Trump to back off (for now)

San Francisco's mayor, along with Silicon Valley leaders, managed to stop the president's law enforcement surge

Donald Trump rarely has kind words for Democrats, especially those who stand in his way. But on Thursday the president offered something unfamiliar: a compliment.

As federal agents mobilized at a US Coast Guard base in the Bay Area, Trump credited San Francisco's new mayor, Daniel Lurie, for very nicely" persuading him to stand down from a planned immigration enforcement surge" in the city this weekend.