THE $1.5 TRILLION DEFENSE BUDGET: TRUMP DEMANDS THE LARGEST INCREASE SINCE WORLD WAR II

FRANCE

STATE

2 sources

War cannibalizes the American social model and confirms the need for European autonomy

CHINA

STATE

1 sources

The empire accelerating its own decline: bombs abroad, debt at home

JAPAN

1 sources

The increase validates Japanese remilitarization but diverts US resources from the Pacific

SOUTH KOREA

1 sources

Validates Korean remilitarization but worries about residual US capacity

INDIA

1 sources

India validates the military increase by proxy while calculating the Quad impact

PAKISTAN

2 sources

The whole world pays the price for this war -- the budget confirms it

SINGAPORE

2 sources

Does the budget strengthen or divert the US presence in Asia?

QATAR

STATE

1 sources

$1.5 trillion + $200 billion emergency = the $1.7 trillion war machine

ISRAEL

1 sources

The budget as guarantee of the US-Israel strategic partnership despite the deficit

NIGERIA

1 sources

The budget fuels a war machine Nigeria both suffers from and profits from simultaneously