Europe needs Germany to step up, but Germany has bent a knee toward Moscow.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/nato-member-defense-spending-summit/
https://www.statista.com/chart/14636/defense-expenditures-of-nato-countries/
EXCERPTS:
In 2014, NATO was collectively spending $910 billion annually on defense, but in 2023, that figure is $1.1 trillion.
While U.S. defense spending has grown from $660 billion to $743 billion during that period, the defense spending of the rest of NATO has increased at a higher pace, from $250 billion in 2014 to $356 billion in 2023.
Some of that growth, however, was due to adding three new NATO members since 2017: Macedonia, Montenegro, and Finland.
Shares of Real GDP in 2023:
- Poland 3.90
- U.S. 3.49 (original member NATO)
- Greece 3.01
- Estonia 2.73
- Lithuania 2.54
- Slovak Republic 2.54
- Finland 2.45
- Romania 2.44
- Hungary 2.43
- Latvia 2.27
- United Kingdom 2.07 (original member NATO)
- France 1.90 (original member NATO)
- Montenegro 1.87
- North Macedonia 1.87
- Bulgaria 1.84
- Croatia 1.79
- Albania 1.76
- Netherlands 1.70 (original member NATO)
- Norway 1.67 (original member NATO)
- Denmark 1.65 (original member NATO)
- Germany 1.57
- Czech Republic 1.50
- Portugal 1.48 (original member NATO)
- Italy 1.46 (original member NATO)
- Canada 1.38 (original member NATO)
- Slovenia 1.35
- Turkey 1.31
- Spain 1.26
- Belgium 1.13 (original member NATO)
- Luxembourg 0.72 (original member NATO)
And US politicians need to step up and give any money they collect to campaign and their “war chest” to Ukraine since it’s the most important thing in the world.