CBO puts price on Trump-era troop deployments: about $496 million
TL;DR
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that deploying National Guard troops to U.S. cities under Trump’s orders cost taxpayers about $496 million, illustrating the financial footprint of security mobilizations tied to his political actions.
- Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting AP News
- Estimating the Costs of Troop Deployments to U.S. Cities Congressional Budget Office (.gov)
- Trump's National Guard deployments could cost over $1 billion this year, CBO projects NPR
- National Guard deployments cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars The Washington Post
- Trump’s deployment of National Guard costs taxpayers nearly $500 million, CBO says The Hill
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