National Guard Deployments Are Very, Very Expensive

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National Guard Deployments Are Very, Very Expensive

October 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 107 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/10/national-guard-deployments-are-very-very-expensive/

Marc Novicoff: “The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million… and that’s the figure just for the D.C. National Guard, not for the eight states that have sent troops. Those likely more than double that cost, because out-of-state troops make up a majority of the D.C. deployment.”

“According to the California National Guard, the deployment to Los Angeles cost another $118 million as of early September, a number that continues to grow as 100 troops remain in the city, long after the precipitating unrest has died down. Tens of millions of dollars—perhaps hundreds of millions in total—will be spent on deployments to Chicago, Portland, and Memphis, if Trump’s plans for those cities proceed.”

“Based on the known spending so far, the deployments could wind up costing Americans roughly two-thirds of a billion dollars.”

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1. They could have hired some fine horticulturalists

But no.