The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six US cities has cost taxpayers roughly USD 496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over USD 1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
President Donald Trump has justified sending National Guard troops into US cities as part of an effort to combat crime and support local law enforcement. Critics of the move argue the deployments undermine state and local authority and exceed the president’s authority under the Constitution.
The CBO published the new data estimating the costs associated with the federal deployments of National Guard and active-duty Marines after a request from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who is the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee.
“The American people deserve to know how many hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars have been and are being wasted on Trump’s reckless and ..​The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six US cities has cost taxpayers roughly USD 496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over USD 1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
President Donald Trump has justified sending National Guard troops into US cities as part of an effort to combat crime and support local law enforcement. Critics of the move argue the deployments undermine state and local authority and exceed the president’s authority under the Constitution.
The CBO published the new data estimating the costs associated with the federal deployments of National Guard and active-duty Marines after a request from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who is the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee.
“The American people deserve to know how many hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars have been and are being wasted on Trump’s reckless and .. ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
