It's a conspiracy, but we are not supposed to tell you.
China Significantly Boosts Military Spending
“Yes, everyone is “misleading” you.”
As you know charting percentage changes is designed to mislead the reader by depriving them of context from which to judge the overall picture.
It creates hysteria where there should be none.
The US military budget exceeds $600B. How much bigger does it need to be? $700B $1T?
I submit that $600B ought to be enough to fund our nations defense for a year. If it’s not enough, why not?
Will you give a straight answer, or will you post more pictures?