Nearly $500 MILLION spent.Federalized National Guard troops were deployed to Chicago, L.A., Portland, etc. under Title 10 — costing taxpayers $496+ million, according to the Congressional Budget Office.They couldn’t make arrests.They couldn’t conduct searches.They mostly guarded buildings.A retired two-star general called the mission “100 percent ineffective.”Half a billion dollars — for optics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/11/national-guard-los-angeles-chicago-portland/ #press