United States raised the defence budget to US $700 billion

Why should they hold back if they can print dollars without restrictions? To make it look "even better", some teachers, nurses, and officials will be fired ... A slim state that spills public money with military hijacking to a military-industrial complex. The US Senate has allocated an additional US $90 billion to the military budget in 2018, with $ 700 billion a year in the Pentagon (China as the second most powerful country allocates "only" $ 215 billion to the military)

The senators approved the new National Defence Authorization Act (2018), which envisages expenditure of $ 700 billion. According to some information, more than $ 60 billion are spent on operations by the US military in the Middle East. This law (Senators voted with 89 votes in favour and 8 against), has so greatly increased the already largest military budget in the world, as the previous one was limited to 549 billion dollars.

In last month, August 2017, Senator John McCain said they would increase the defence budget to include a strategy for US forces in Afghanistan. The Pentagon is currently increasing its military presence in Afghanistan in line with the new strategy issued by President Trump. Air strikes on the positions of the Islamic State (ISIS, Daesh) in Iraq and Syria continues.

source: obramba (translated by myself)

An additional $ 150 billion also includes funding for additional F-35 and F / A-18 super hornet aircraft, as well as the purchase of naval ships and an increase in the missile defence program in Alaska.