Elon Musk has warned that the United States is ‘1,000%’ heading for bankruptcy as a country, a stark prediction delivered from California earlier this year and now resurfacing after the US national debt smashed through the $40 trillion mark in 2026.
The Tesla and SpaceX chief made the remark in an interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, arguing that only rapid advances in artificial intelligence and robotics can keep America from a fiscal crack-up.
Musk said the national debt is ‘piling up like crazy’ and predicted the US will ‘fail as a country’ without a dramatic productivity boost from new technology. Pertinently, America’s debt burden has been building for years, but the latest milestone is still eye-watering.
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