Profiting from War: U$A is World'$ #1 Arm$ Dealer

Mar 14, 2025

The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. 

The US transferred 7X more than China, and 5X more than Russia. 

Ben Norton explains how the military-industrial complex profits from war. 

Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/... 

Credit to Stephen Semler for some charts: https://www.stephensemler.com 

Topics  

0:00 China "threat" claims  

0:43 US military spending  

1:34 US foreign interventions 

 2:40 USA is no. 1 arms dealer  

3:57 Top weapons exporters  

5:08 Growth in arms exports  

5:56 Israel's suppliers  

6:23 Top weapons importers  

7:16 Europe doubles arms imports  

8:32 Trump demands more NATO spending  

10:47 Replacing welfare with warfare  

12:56 Top military spenders  

14:39 Real US military budget  

15:40 DOGE ignores Pentagon fraud  

17:00 Outro 

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