Trump’s National Guard Deployments Costing $93 Million a Month
National Guard soldiers outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building during a demonstration in Los Angeles in June 2025.
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/BloombergPresident 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.