The deployment of U.S. troops to cities around the United States has cost more than $340 million, a U.S. Senator said on Thursday, highlighting the expense of President Donald Trump’s use of the military in the Democratic-led cities.
Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Oregon, and Memphis, Tennessee, though some of those deployments have been paused as they face legal challenges.
Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said the deployments had so far cost $341.3 million, and that did not include the cost of the thousands of other troops deployed along the U.S. border with Mexico.
“These costs are tabulated in more than taxpayer dollars and cannot be overstated,” Duckworth, herself a combat veteran, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee

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