Trump’s National Guard Deployments Costing $93 Million a Month

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to US cities cost taxpayers at least $496 million in 2025 — with the price tag rising to a rate of $93 million a month, according to a new accounting from the Congressional Budget Office.

The analysis covers guard and active-duty deployments to Los Angeles, Washington, Memphis, Chicago and Portland, Oregon, many of which the White House deemed necessary to protect federal personnel or restore order. It does not cover a late-December deployment to New Orleans.

While some of those missions have since wound down or been blocked by courts, others ...