Taxpayers have spent at least $600 million on the federal deployment in the nation’s capital. President Donald Trump has declared victory, while residents call it an unnecessary “occupation.”

Washington residents and officials see President Donald Trump’s extended National Guard deployment as an attempt to restrict the heavily Democratic city’s autonomy.

Extending the deployment into 2029 will cost about $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate

Trump said in 2025 that the Guard would stay in the nation's capital until \