07-10-2018, 06:08 PM
(07-10-2018, 04:25 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: We all know Trump is looking at the bottom line numbers and even if every country pays the 2% of GDP, the US will still be paying for the bulk of NATO Defense Spending.
The US right now is paying over $600 billion compared to Germany's over $30 billion. If everyone pays the 2%, the US will save about $300 billion.
I think the US GDP is up to $19 or $20 trillion and Germany is at around $4 trillion.
The US will pay the most.
What's wrong with everyone paying their "Fair Share"?
Once the US gets that $300 billion, maybe we will get the "Space Force", lol
These numbers are not correct.
US military spending is $600 billion for the ENTIRE WORLD. We spend well under 2% of our military budget on NATO. If all NATO countries spent 2% on defense we would not get any refund or money back in any way. Most NATO countries don't spend 2% on defense because they do not consider themselves the world police who have to have tens of thousands of troops in east Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific.
