The truth is, we are the Big Fish in the tiny G7 pond. Our economy outweighs the rest of them combined.
He continues:
National GDP:
- Canada ($1.8 trillion)
- Italy ($2.2 trillion)
- France ($2.9 trillion)
- United Kingdom ($2.9 trillion)
- Germany ($4.2 trillion)
- Japan ($5.2 trillion)
Total: $19.2 trillion with 439 million people. The United States: $20.4 trillion with 326 million.
We do more with three-fourths the population.
So, who need whom more? Especially when you add in military might?