Look, we under fight as late as 1990, we're spending around 6% of our GDP on defense. Cold War ended, China not a threat in that period of time. And frankly, We've cut back and we're spending around 3%, you know, half of what we did at as a percentage of our economy during Reagan. a lot less than we did under Eisenhower, Kennedy in that era. And so we, and frankly, remember Democrats spent $2.7 trillion on the American rescue plan and a much … (11:39–11:48)
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Asserts that current U.S. defense spending is around 3% of GDP, half of what it was during Reagan's presidency.
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