@ididntknow They now are all paying their fair share.

@ididntknow

" would NATO survive, without American money, as far as I know, America put about 70% of the NATO budget in,"

That 70% was approximately correct in dollars spent during 2023, but if you take into account PPP (purchasing power parity), as this chart does, the figure is about 55%.


https://militaryppp.com/2025/02/14/nato-members-bang-for-the-buck/

And European military spending has increased substantially since 2023, thanks to Putin's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

I would guess the 2025 PPP figures would find the US spending about the same or even less than the rest of NATO, which would be about right, since the EU GDP is about the same as the US GDP.

@MoveAlong actually, it is. it's just moving TEL ICMB's. which is irrelevant because they already have more than enough range to target USA from China since decades ago.

@dpoet mind your manners skippy.

@Adrift you are the one insulting

@cherokeepatti Nah, it's some lib with an elevated ego that believes he is more intelligent than the rest of the world? If China, or Russia, for that matter, thought that they could get away with that and survive, they would have already tried it.

@TexChik

The Soviet Union did try it, causing the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

@Thinkerbell Yep , the Monroe doctrine is still in effect.