True as a % of GDP. GDP continues to grow at a faster pace than defense spending but not entitlement spending.
And as a percent of the US budget as Healthcare continues to grow:
And as a percent of the US budget as Healthcare spending continues to grow faster than GDP growth. Ultimately entitlement spending will take the entire US budget barring a congressional fix.
1992 Social Security: 20.6%. Healthcare:12.1% Defense 21.9% Non-discretionary spending: 16.7%
2022 Social Security: 34.1% Healthcare: 27.6% Defense 11.3% Non-discretionary spending: 11.6%
But in dollar amounts the Defense budget keeps increasing:
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget
1992-325 billion 2020-778 billion