Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: Misleading (72% confidence)
The claim was more accurate in earlier years but no longer holds using the most current available data. SIPRI's 2025 figures put US military spending at $954 billion, while the combined spending of the next 10 countries (ranks 2–11: China through Israel) totals roughly $1,167 billion — meaning the US does NOT exceed the next 10 combined as of 2025. The US government's own 2026 Economic Report of the President makes a narrower claim — that in 2024 the US matched 'the next nine biggest spenders c…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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