The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million, USA Today reported, and that’s the figure just for the D.C. National Guard, not for the eight states that have sent troops. Those likely more than double that cost, because out-of-state troops make up a majority of the D.C. deployment. According to the California National Guard, the deployment to Los Angeles cost another $118 million as of early September, a number that continues to grow as 100 troops remain in the city, long after the precipitating unrest has died down.
I don’t think Trump is doing this so the Holiday Inn or whatever the guard is staying at can make bank on the government rate room booking.
If this was about handouts to his cronies it would be Blackwater in the streets, not national guard. This is just Trump being an authoritarian fuckwad.
I’m not saying “make bank” i’m trying to remind folks “expense” in a gov is profit to a corporation.