A report issued by The Intercept on Thursday reveals that the US has sold weapons to the majority of states labeled as autocratic in the year 2022, a year during which the US sold weapons to a combined total of 142 countries and territories.
The total of weapons that were sold that year reportedly amounted to $85 billion in bilateral sales.
Of the 84 countries that are labeled as autocracies, the US reportedly made sales of weapons to at least 48 percent to 57 percent of them, according to The Intercept.