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Total cost between August 2025 and end of Trump's term could exceed $2 billion
National Guard troops patrol the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 22. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Posted August 4, 2026 at 3:44pm
Pentagon: National Guard in DC to cost another $1.43 billion
The Trump administration’s planned deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., through the end of his presidential term will cost $1.43 billion, or $51 million a month, in addition to the amount spent so far, according to a new Pentagon estimate. The new estimate of the costs going forward, first reported by The Washington […]
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