Crime was Already Historically Low in 39 States: Blithering Idiot Trump's Unlawful National Guard Deployments Cost Taxpayers a Half Billion Dollars

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.

The data was released Wednesday in response to a request from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee. The estimate covers the troops’ deployment over the last six months of 2025, though it excludes a late dispatch to New Orleans. [MORE]

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