The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined

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The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined


by Tyler Durden
Saturday, May 02, 2026 - 09:35 PM

For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025.

Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities.

Using data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, ranks the 15 countries driving this surge in military spending.

While the U.S. still operates on an entirely different scale, the biggest shift is happening in Europe, where countries are no longer just maintaining military capacity but expanding it significantly.

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-spends-more-defense-next-8-countries-combined

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Trump has shown what the military is capable of, if allowed to act as a military.  Democrats have used the money to feed and house illegal aliens, schmooze Islamists, finance studies in Africa on the mating habits of the elephant flea, etc.  I suspect most of the revenue allocated for such studies ends up in the democrat bank accounts somehow.  I also suspect the world has yet to see the big hitters available to the US military which is why NATO, Russia, and China, et, al, are relatively quiet about Iran, they know it too.