[dingle_thunk]

On the contrary, the US is making the mistake of believing their own fake numbers.

[ETH_start]

The U.S. makes up most NATO spending.

[CogitoCogito]

I'm pretty sure no NATO countries actually consider the US a dependable ally at the moment. So US spending is kind of irrelevant really. And if the US were to actively work against its NATO allies (seems pretty likely at this point), US NATO spending would be considered more of a negative rather than a positive.