Defense Budget at $1.5 Trillion: Trump Requests Largest Increase Since World War II

China

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Critics of social sacrifice · 4 of 10 countries

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

South Korea

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Allies validating the budget · 3 of 10 countries

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

France

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Critics of social sacrifice · 4 of 10 countries

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

India

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Asian calculators · 2 of 10 countries

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

Israel

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Allies validating the budget · 3 of 10 countries

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

Japan

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Allies validating the budget · 3 of 10 countries

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

Nigeria

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

Pakistan

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Critics of social sacrifice · 4 of 10 countries

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

Qatar

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Critics of social sacrifice · 4 of 10 countries

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

Singapore

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Asian calculators · 2 of 10 countries

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