In 2017, the U.S. accounted for 51.1 percent of NATO's combined GDP and 71.7 percent of its combined defense expenditure.
No one is disputing either of those.
Now, what percentage of the US defence spending went towards
NATO defence spending in Europe - which is what you were asked for?
As a hint, since very few defence battles in Europe will utilize Aircraft Carriers, the amount of spending on procuring, operating, and maintaining American aircraft carriers does not count towards
NATO defence spending in Europe.
As another example, since no defence battles in Europe are likely to take place in Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Baden, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nassau, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, The Gambia, The Solomon Islands, The United Arab Emirates, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, or Zimbabwe the portion of the US defence budget that goes towards expenses in those countries doesn't count either.
In short, the U.S. contributed more funds to NATO than Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Canada combined.[/i]
Two minor points with respect to that "answer":
- it doesn't actually address the actual question that was actually asked (but you knew that, didn't you), and
- it's false.
You might want to note that approximately 22% of the US defence expenditure goes towards NATO and that approximately 95% of Canada's defence expenditure goes towards NATO.
That means that the US spending on NATO is roughly (US$2,325 x 0.22) $511.50 per capita and that Canada's spending on NATO is roughly (US$548 x 0.95) $520.60 per capita. If one were to "normalize" those numbers to take into account the difference in GDP per capita (US GDP/capita = US$59,500 - Canada US$48,300 [figures from the CIA Fact Book]) that would mean that the relative index numbers would be (511.5 x 48.3) 24,705.45 for the US and (520.6 x 59.5) 30,975.70 for Canada.
That means that, according to ACTUAL contributions adjusted to reflect ACTUAL ability to pay, Canada is contributing roughly (30,975.70 / 24,705.45) 25.38% MORE towards NATO than the US is.
Whose NATO socks need pulling up?
The last time I checked, US$520.60 was MORE than US$511.50, but I don't have the advantage of a Louisiana grade five education like you appear to have so I could well be wrong on that.
Feel free to consult the latest (that's the report on 2017) NATO annual report and get back to me once you decide to actually make an attempt to deal with reality.
PS - I didn't bother to include links to the sources of the data above for four reasons:
- You already know where to look;
- you wouldn't follow them in any event;
- you wouldn't believe the official data from the official sources in any event; and
- you already get enough spoon feeding from Mr. Trump, FOX News, Breitbart and WND so I shouldn't contribute to your brain atrophying from lack of use.
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