NATIONAL DEBT CRISIS: $35+ TRILLION AND RISING

US DEBT SPIRAL

Real-time visualization of America's debt crisis using official US Treasury data. Watch how we're adding $1 trillion every 100 days.

Data Source: US Treasury Fiscal Data API | Updated Daily

🇺🇸 LIVE US NATIONAL DEBT

$35,000,000,000,000
and counting...
+$95,000
Added per second
$104,000
Debt per citizen
$2.4B
Interest per day

Exponential Growth (2000-2025)

• 2000: $5.6 trillion

• 2008: $10.0 trillion (Financial Crisis)

• 2020: $26.9 trillion (COVID Response)

• 2025: $35.0+ trillion (Current)

🔮 Projected Crisis Timeline

2026: $38 Trillion
Interest payments exceed defense spending
2028: $45 Trillion
Debt-to-GDP ratio hits 140%
2030: $55 Trillion
Interest becomes largest budget item
2035: $80+ Trillion
Potential fiscal crisis point

💥 REAL CONSEQUENCES HAPPENING NOW

$870 Billion
Annual interest payments (2025)
More than defense budget
130%
Debt-to-GDP ratio
Highest since WWII
5.4%
Average interest rate
Rising with Fed rates
🏦
$7.6T
Foreign-owned debt
22% of total debt

What $35 Trillion Could Buy Instead

🏠
175 Million Homes
At $200k average price
700 Million College Degrees
At $50k per degree
350 Mars Missions
At $100B per mission

🔮 Three Possible Futures

🟢 Optimistic

  • • Economic growth outpaces debt
  • • Gradual fiscal reforms
  • • Technology boosts productivity
  • • Manageable by 2040
Probability: 25%

🟡 Realistic

  • • Continued slow growth
  • • Periodic debt ceiling crises
  • • Gradual service cuts
  • • Chronic high debt levels
Probability: 50%

🔴 Crisis

  • • Interest rates spike suddenly
  • • Debt spiral accelerates
  • • Currency/bond crisis
  • • Forced austerity measures
Probability: 25%