Dear MoveOn member,
Senator Duckworth put it plainly: "If Donald Trump is burning through hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on his authoritarian campaign of intimidation, the American people deserve to know about it."1
John, during a time when Republicans are gutting our health care and defunding essential public services, spending nearly half a BILLION dollars on illegal troop deployments using our taxpayer dollars is completely unacceptable.
We demand the truth. Will you sign the petition to demand an investigation into how much Trump is spending on troop deployments NOW?
Trump has been forced to scale back his attempted takeover time and time again, after a Tennessee judge blocked state National Guard deployments in Memphis, a federal judge ruled Trump’s D.C. deployment unlawful, a federal court ruled Trump’s use of soldiers in Los Angeles illegal, and the courts stalled deployments in Chicago and Portland.2
But with his back against the wall, Trump is forging ahead. The latest? Plans to deploy troops to New Orleans before the end of the year. Now, we need to escalate our tactics to stop him before he spends millions more.
Click here to sign the petition to demand that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reveal the truth about how much Trump is spending on troop deployments.
Trump’s orders are unnecessary, unjustified, and increasingly being ruled illegal by various courts. They’re also not making our communities safer.
Service members themselves are urgently asking, “Who’s going to stand up to this?” Meanwhile, experts estimate that Trump’s occupations have already cost the public $473 million.3 We deserve a full investigation into how much money is being spent to deploy the National Guard into our cities—the findings of which can help derail these already-unpopular domestic deployments for good.
Add your name to the petition to demand an immediate, independent investigation into the actual cost of Trump’s troop deployments.
While taxpayers foot this staggering bill, Trump and Republicans wasted no time slashing more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP, critical programs that actually protect families.
That’s why 12 Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth, have demanded that the Congressional Budget Office conduct a full, independent assessment of the actual cost of deploying U.S. troops in our communities.
Let’s join them and get the answers we deserve. Click here to sign the petition and then send it to three friends to spread the word.
Thank you for working for peace.
–The Win Without War team
Sources:
1. "Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising," The Intercept, November 11, 2025
http://theintercept.com/2025/11/11/cost-trump-national-guard-military-occupation
2. "Trump's National Guard deployments face mounting legal pushback," NPR, November 20, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5612793/national-guard-tennessee-trump-court-lawsuit
3. "Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising," The Intercept, November 11, 2025
http://theintercept.com/2025/11/11/cost-trump-national-guard-military-occupation
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