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Elon Musk: “The interest payments, interest on the national debt now…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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CPAC Discussion with Elon Musk and President Javier Milei on Government Reform and Media Influence

Published | Video Starts at 28:54

So that's the reason I'm doing this, is because I was looking at the big picture here and it's like, man, our debt's getting out of control. The interest payments, interest on the national debt now exceeds the entire Defense Department. Budget trillion a year in interest just to carry the money that we owe is a trillion a year. Yes. That is unbelievable. And rising rapidly. So, so like, it's. (28:54–29:00)

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