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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both used the Democratic presidential debates to call on other NATO members to spend more on defense. Donald Trump has gone even further, saying the U.S. should rethink its involvement in the military alliance because it costs too much money. Many European members -- including big economies like France and Germany -- spend less than the amount called for by NATO guidelines. The U.S. shells out far more money on defense than any other nation on the planet. According to NATO statistics, the U.S. spent an estimated $650 billion on defense in 2015. That's more than double the amount all the other 27 NATO countries spent between them, even though their combined GDP tops that of the U.S. [Source: CNN Money | Ivana Kottasova | April 15, 2016++]