Trump seeks extra $54bn for defence

President Donald Trump plans a $54 billion surge in the U.S. defence budget – a nine percent increase – paid for by slashing domestic programmes and foreign assistance

Top 15 defence budgets (2016) 

Extra Pentagon spending would boost budget to $658.5bn…

…more than next 14 countries put together

Proposed defence increase $54bn

$604.5bn United States
$145bn – China
$58.9bn – Russia
$56.9bn – Saudi Arabia
$52.5bn – UK
$51.1bn – India
$47.3bn – Japan
$38.3bn – Germany
$33.8bn – S. Korea
$23.5bn – Brazil
$22.3bn – Italy
$19.0bn – Israel
$18.1bn – Iraq
$47.2bn – France
$24.2bn – Australia

$638.1bn

Budgets at risk
Foreign Aid – $42.4bn
Environmental Protection Agency – $8.3bn
NASA – $19.3bn

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies
Picture: Associated Press