Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: False (82% confidence)
According to SIPRI's most recent (April 2026) military expenditure data for 2025, the United States recorded approximately $954 billion in military spending, while the combined total of the next 10 highest-spending countries (China, Russia, Germany, India, UK, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, France, Japan, and Israel) summed to approximately $1,167 billion — meaning the U.S. did not exceed the next 10 combined. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, drawing on the same SIPRI 2025 data, documented that the U.…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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