4mo ago

National Guard may run out of money because of Trump’s repeated deployments

www.independent.co.uk

The National Guard is feeling the cost of Donald Trump’s deployments

The National Guard is preparing for its fall training programs, but Donald Trump’s deployments are eating into its operational budget

The National Guard is feeling the cost of Donald Trump’s insistence on using National Guard troops to carry out his expansive immigration roundups and policing actions in Washington, D.C.

National Guard Major General Greg Porter, based in Wyoming, told the state's lawmakers during a meeting of the Joint Transportation Highways & Military Affairs Committee that the costs of Trump's National Guard deployments are still unknown, but they're no doubt eating into the branch's funds, according to WyoFile.

Porter said that the costs of prolonged deployments will eat into funding intended for things like training and operations.

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4mo ago

National Guard may run out of money because of Trump’s repeated deployments

www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/national-guard-cost-donald-trump-deployments-b2812780.html

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Oh no! Sounds like a good year for Maralago to get hit with a hurricane.
- Knowing the fucked up universe we live in, we’ll have a good 4 year stretch of no major disasters while Trump is President. God loves a good joke.
  
  Worked out for him last time with the pandemic.
- Maybe the Dems will fire up the ole weather machine /s
I thought one of the first rules about being an evil dictator is to make sure to pay your troops decently so they don’t turn on you.
He’s gonna find out pretty quick that loyalty goes out the window when they’re not getting paid.
- They'll keep getting paid. And this admin will keep stealing money to do it.
- It's Trump, the guy who bankrupted a casino and regularly doesn't pay people he contracts.
  If he started paying people and keeping anything without going to insolvency I'd think he'd been killed and a lizard was wearing his skin suit.
  
  I hear reports they're having to cake makeup on his hands to prevent what's underneath from showing through
  
  We need more lizards.
- Shhhhhh that's for the educated to know and him to fibd out.
- It's not actually on the list.
Sure a good thing that the responsible and conscientious conservatives elected a right-thinking president who's going to cut wasteful spending and balance the budget, hmm?
Imagine what it would be like if instead a rabble of petulant, frightened assholes elected a deranged overgrown toddler who pissed away billions on whatever idiocy happened to trigger his stunted emotions on any given day.
pretending USD is going to have value as the empire is attacking itself while charging itself bills for it
"oh its costing a millions yankee doodleys every day to hit ourselves, this is real and money has value, your student loans are definitely real, oh no now he's in chicago spending a zillion doodleys everyone"
POV: When you built too many units in your Civ game and your gold and happiness goes to negative and rebel units start spawning. (Except it's in IRL with real human suffering)
- That's the best time to invade your neighbors. Unfortunately.
  
  Enjoy your horrible death during the Canadian War. We're gonna make Vietnam look like a spa day.
There was a report that D.C. is costing $1 million a day. If he does 19 more cities, it's $20M a day. I guess those DOGE cuts are gone.
- Those cuts were never about the money. They'll just print more
  
  IMO Doge activities were a smoke screen for a massive data grab
  
  Long term prediction:
  Trump will be gone within a decade one way or another. He will have done incalculable damage to the US economy. We'll be in "try anything" mode, and this is where MMT will have its first large scale test.
- im still 100% that doge actions raised costs and did not save squat.
So what I'm hearing is, "ICE needs more funding?"
Trump
I thought the idea was that Trump wasn't paying them? As in that's the point, the Federal government is forcing the states to foot the bill as a sign of fealty.
- Even if that's the case, these are largely states that are in the red financially. They may be fine throwing national guard money at DC, LA, and their blue cities, but wait till it hits them in the basic functions.
  Military deployment is expensive, and state budgets weren't written with the idea that the national guard was going to spend the bulk of the current administration deployed
  
  Exactly. It’s easy to say “make the states pay for it” until the states start pulling from their primary services to fund it.
  Oh, you need to renew your car registration? Too bad, because the DMV is only open one day a week now, and they’re by appointment only. The earliest appointment you can get is six months from now. But at least we have boots on the ground, right?
Good. Hope it impacts readiness across the board.
DOGE, what a joke!
I cannot describe how much I hate this cheeto looking dipshit.
They’ve got money to throw at ICE and build their alligator Auschwitz, they’ll just print more money to throw at the Guard. Republicans love blowing budgets on punishments.
Nice
Dont worry they can just print more /s
If only the US Federal departments were set up to stop operations when budgets run out. But alas, the US government loves debt.
- They are. It's why everything in the federal government shuts down when the debt ceiling is hit.
  There are exceptions made for critical functions, such as emergency management and the military and such. However, IIRC they don't get paid until Congress approves more funding; they still have to show up. National Guard troops sent out to deal with the toddler-in-chief's latest tantrum aren't going to be any happier if they don't get paid.
  This is useful to know. ICE is getting paid and are very willing participants. The National Guard isn't so willing and may not be getting paid, but they will defend themselves and follow specific orders. Any civil action should take this into account.
Why are they paying for it themselves when operating under federal orders?
- yeah I don't get this. one reason govenors request federalization during emergencies is because when under fed control they use fed funds.
Sounds like some people about to get fired.
- If anyone, it'll be this guy Gen Porter reporting the bad news

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