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$1.4 billion — budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office and…

2026-08-04 · 20:15 UTC ·@ReichlinMelnick ·1 min read

Brief

@ReichlinMelnick cites a NOTUS Metro report (drawing on budget estimates given to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office) that Trump’s decision to keep National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. through 2029 will add $1.4 billion in spending. The post stresses that $1.4B is nearly equal to what DHS paid from 2020–2024 to local governments and organizations for migrant support and border reimbursements.

Why it matters

$1.4 billion — budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office and shared with NOTUS Metro show Trump’s plan to keep National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C. through the end of his term (until 2029) will cost an additional $1.4B.

Key details

  • The author asserts that the $1.4B deployment cost is close to the entire sum the Department of Homeland Security paid from 2020–2024 to local governments and organizations to support recently-arrived migrants and reimburse border-related costs.
Source evidence

By the way, $1.4 billion to have National Guards troops wander around DC all day (not doing much of anything) is close to the entire sum DHS paid from 2020-2024 to local governments and organizations to support recently-arrived migrants and reimburse costs incurred at the border.

NOTUS Metro (@NOTUSMetro)

Trump’s decision to keep National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., through the end of his term will cost an additional $1.4 billion in tax dollars, according to budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office and shared with NOTUS.
notus.org/metro/trump-nation…

Link

Trump Plans to Spend $1.4 Billion Keeping the National Guard in D.C. Until 2029

Budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office detail the costs of the National Guard’s controversial deployment.
notus.org

— https://nitter.net/NOTUSMetro/status/2084697606404428118#m