National Guard deployments cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/28/national-guard-deployments-cost/

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard and active-duty Marine personnel to U.S. cities cost approximately $496 million between June and December last year, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Continuing the deployment for the next year could cost the nation over $1 billion, the estimate found.

Trump has repeatedly said his deployments are necessary because local leaders have not done enough to combat crime in major cities. The deployments, however, have been repeatedly challenged in court, and legal experts have warned that Trump may be exceeding his authority.