The US national debt is now $38.4 trillion The interest on the debt is $1.22 trillion The US govt brings in about $5 trillion in revenue from taxes, fees, tariffs. So the interest on the debt consumes about 25% of all US govt revenue (and growing). US govt spends $7 trillion per year, so the debt is growing by over $2 trillion per year. Interest expense on the US national debt is likely to become the largest item in the budget within the coming years, crowding out entitlements, defense and everything else the govt spends money on. You likely need to buy a lot more gold and silver. Buy assets that will survive and have value in the next currency.