Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: Misleading (85% confidence)
The claim was true for a stretch of years but is no longer accurate as of the most recent data. SIPRI's April 2026 release — the authoritative cross-country spending dataset — puts US military spending at $954 billion in 2025, while the next 10 countries combined (China through Israel) total roughly $1,167 billion. So in 2025, the US spends less than the next 10 combined, not more. The claim may have held in some earlier years when US spending was relatively higher and China's was lower, but st…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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