DEFENSE BUDGET AT $1.5 TRILLION: TRUMP REQUESTS LARGEST INCREASE SINCE WORLD WAR II

CHINA

STATE

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The empire accelerates its own decline: bombs in the Middle East, debt at home

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SOUTH KOREA

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Validation of South Korean rearmament but concern over residual U.S. capacity

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FRANCE

STATE

2 sources

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

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INDIA

1 sources

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

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ISRAEL

1 sources

Budget as guarantee of U.S.-Israel strategic partnership despite the deficit

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JAPAN

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The increase validates Japanese rearmament but diverts U.S. resources from the Pacific

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NIGERIA

1 sources

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

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PAKISTAN

2 sources

The entire world pays the price for this war — the budget confirms it

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QATAR

STATE

1 sources

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

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SINGAPORE

2 sources

Does the budget strengthen U.S. presence in Asia or divert it toward the Middle East?

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