The requirements are to spend a % of GDP on defense. It is not what is strictly for NATO. It is what you have so that if NATO goes "live", it is there. $968 is what we spend on military. Or at least it was when the graphic was created.
We exceed our requirement, few meet it, most fall short.
Maybe that chart is historical spending on NATO? Because the US defense budget is around $900 billion a year. And France’s is $75 billion and the UK is $71 billion.
First, that bill is not directly for NATO. It is the US defence bill which I expect the US would spend whether it was in NATO or not. The OP has some sort of agenda.
At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies agreed to a new defense spending target: 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2035. This is a significant increase from the previous 2% target set in 2014.
So the amount mentioned is between 2% and the proposed 5% of US GDP. The money is spent on US defence and not NATO as implied above.
Tempting, but I'd personally like to see trump use those bases on the countries their in. The ultimate sleeper cell is the army base of an ally you have inside your own borders. Once you make them no longer an ally, what's to stop them just walking over you if they were your defender?
Too many people in government with access to The Peoples money. Too many payments on a subscription-like autopay basis. Time to cut government 80%, cut spending by the same, stop payments to the UN, NATO, WHO and pass the Save America Act.
Though he can quit NATO he may have his reasons. Alternatively he could kick out the countries who don't want to assist. I just heard Spain doesn't want to get involved so boot them out and see how that works out for them.
The United States contributes approximately $753 million annually to NATO’s direct budget which is about 15% of the total.
Why do you persist with this distortion of the truth? The amount you keep mentioning is what the US spends on defence and it would most likely do that even if it left NATO.
President Trump now has the moral high ground to pull out of NATO if the NATO allies fail to help.
Perfect. 🙂
Didn’t he always have the high ground and autonomy to pull out of NATO?
I think he could have pulled out of NATO.
The moral high ground I see is being able to state that the US is there to help NATO countries, BUT NATO countries will not help the US.
It is a strong case, and I see it as much stronger than just footing the bill for the other countries.
By not showing up for the US, NATO countries signal unwillingness to fulfill NATO duties. The US is "abandoned" by its NATO partners.
YEP, Utter Bullshit BUT I think Trump has got this!
It's wild that we flip the bill and get no help. It's wild that they want to protect dictatorships than help America.
Honestly this is perfect pretense to leave nato and the like
Agreed.
It should be renamed Countries United Not To Spend
Take all the 5.56 and 7.62 from them first...
Let's check the numbers. $968B is almost our entire 2025 defense budget. Can't be right. Percentages maybe, but amounts are off I believe.
The requirements are to spend a % of GDP on defense. It is not what is strictly for NATO. It is what you have so that if NATO goes "live", it is there. $968 is what we spend on military. Or at least it was when the graphic was created.
We exceed our requirement, few meet it, most fall short.
About that number... 968=88x11
Should have been done decades ago.
Why is this such a difficult concept?! Just do it! All these international organizations are bull sh*t.
Maybe that chart is historical spending on NATO? Because the US defense budget is around $900 billion a year. And France’s is $75 billion and the UK is $71 billion.
No, the USA has spent trillions to NATO.
The handlers of this account used to have a better English.
I doubt he is from Finland. We all suspect he is part of the bot farm in St. Petersburg.
That chart isn't the amount we pay to NATO. It is a graph of what countries defense budgets are.
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How did we get tasked with half the bill.?
First, that bill is not directly for NATO. It is the US defence bill which I expect the US would spend whether it was in NATO or not. The OP has some sort of agenda.
At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies agreed to a new defense spending target: 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2035. This is a significant increase from the previous 2% target set in 2014.
So the amount mentioned is between 2% and the proposed 5% of US GDP. The money is spent on US defence and not NATO as implied above.
Yes, that is correct. I think it is a good point that the "Big four (US, Germany, UK, France) cover ~50–52% combined." NATO does nothing for the US.
Because Jacob Rothschild told us to, Drill Sargent. Gump you're a fucking genius!!!
Tempting, but I'd personally like to see trump use those bases on the countries their in. The ultimate sleeper cell is the army base of an ally you have inside your own borders. Once you make them no longer an ally, what's to stop them just walking over you if they were your defender?
Wow, that is just about enough $$ to pay the yearly interest on our debt.
Too many people in government with access to The Peoples money. Too many payments on a subscription-like autopay basis. Time to cut government 80%, cut spending by the same, stop payments to the UN, NATO, WHO and pass the Save America Act.
Though he can quit NATO he may have his reasons. Alternatively he could kick out the countries who don't want to assist. I just heard Spain doesn't want to get involved so boot them out and see how that works out for them.
The United States contributes approximately $753 million annually to NATO’s direct budget which is about 15% of the total.
Why do you persist with this distortion of the truth? The amount you keep mentioning is what the US spends on defence and it would most likely do that even if it left NATO.