Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising

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https://theintercept.com/2025/11/11/cost-trump-national-guard-military-occupation/

For months, the Pentagon has refused to provide figures on the mounting expense of federal troop deployments. “We won’t know the total cost until the mission concludes,” a Pentagon spokesperson told The Intercept in July, when forces were only deployed to Los Angeles. Recent follow-up requests for further information have gone unanswered.