Yeah, I'm ignorant. Norway is one of the countries sucking up U.S. taxpayer money via USAID and NATO. Their NATO spending per capita is 2/3 of what the U.S. spends.
https://info3.com/europe/218079/text/short/norway-unblocks-29-mn-for-ngos-hit-by-us-aid-freeze
https://www.norad.no/en/news/news/2025/the-usa-as-an-aid-donor--facts-and-figures/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/02/norwegian-refugee-council-halts-aid-over-20-countries-after-usaid-cuts
Norway EV registrations are dropping this January, now that the tax breaks are ending. It's all fun when someone else is paying the bill.
https://www.evshift.com/389332/norway-ev-registrations-set-to-plunge-in-january-after-tax-changes-take-effect/
Norway is rapidly increasing its defense spending, with projections for 2025 indicating that total defense-related expenditures will reach roughly 3.35% to 3.5% of its GDP, with plans to increase this to 5% over the next decade. This surpasses the NATO benchmark of 2%, which Norway met in 2024, driven by security concerns and increased support for Ukraine.
Norway is spending bigger percentage of GDP on NATO than most European countries.
And it’s going even higher.