Taxpayers have forked out half a billion dollars for President Trump’s National Guard deployments during his second term, new Congressional Budget Office figures show. Members of the National Guard patrol outside a Bass Pro Shops in October in Memphis. It must end.”CNN, citing Defense Department data, reported that National Guard personnel receive $95,000 per person per year in compensation. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded to the report’s findings by defending Trump’s National Guard deployments. The post Eye-Watering Cost of Trump’s National Guard Crackdowns Revealed appeared first on The Daily Beast.