The proposition made by former President Donald Trump to involve military intervention in Chicago may require almost $1.6 million daily, suggests an expert’s evaluation. In a statement on Tuesday, JB Pritzker, the Governor of Illinois, mentioned the readiness of the Texas National Guard forces to move to Chicago. This allegation was contested by the office of Texan Governor Greg Abbott. Trump affirmed his intent to assign National Guard soldiers to Chicago, though he refrained from stating when it would take place.
A rigorous scrutiny estimated that the projection of 3,000 National Guard members to Chicago might set the taxpayers back by roughly $1,590,000 each day. A ruling on Tuesday by a Federal judge declared Trump’s decision to assign troops to Los Angeles as unlawful, further prompting worry about the potential conversion of the National Guard into a force directly answerable to the president. What implication this court verdict may have is yet uncertain.
For several weeks, Trump has hinted at the possibility of mobilizing troops in Chicago, a decision echoing the forceful measures taken in Los Angeles in June and in Washington, D.C., the previous month. A consequential directive was signed by Trump, instructing the Defense Department to assume greater responsibility in matters of domestic policing.
Judge Breyer concluded that the Pentagon was consistently employing armed military personnel to carry out policing tasks in California, violating the Posse Comitatus Act. This move was protested by Pritzker, who argued that it wasn’t about crime prevention. He instead interpreted it as an attempt by Trump to find a reason to mobilize the military in a Democratic-leaning city and state, aiming to unsettle his adversaries.
Data provided by the FBI in 2024 revealed that the murder rates in several other American cities were considerably higher compared to Chicago. Trump has repeatedly proposed the idea of militarily occupying other urban areas governed by Democrats.
The cost estimation for providing housing to all homeless individuals in Chicago averages around $383,000 daily. This amount is approximately a quarter of the potential expenditure necessitated by the deployment of 3,000 National Guard members to Chicago, a stark and thought-provoking contrast.
There might be a conspicuous increase in the actual count of the deployed troops. Consequentially, this will likely lead to a steep ascent in the corresponding costs. As such, the impact of these financial requirements should be carefully studied and considered, given the substantial economic implications of such an intervention.
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