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Elon Musk Warns: $64 Trillion Debt Crisis Looms

3/18/2026

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  • Elon Musk warns that the United States faces a dire financial future as debt nears $40 trillion and could reach $64 trillion in a decade.
  • He says only advances in artificial intelligence and robotics can address this crisis by increasing productivity.
  • Automation could render millions of Americans economically irrelevant.
  • The country must choose between ignoring the debt or embracing technology at the cost of human labor and societal stability.