Just how much does the USA need to spend on defense? We already spend 36% of the total world’s expenditure, and Trump wants to increase that.
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Global defense spending increases | World | DW.COM | 24.04.2017
Global defense spending has gone up for the first time since 2011. According to the World Military Expenditure Report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), countries around the world spent a total of $1.68 trillion (1.56 trillion euros) on arms in 2016. That is 0.4 percent more than in 2015.