National Debt on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 1 episode · Nov 2024
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Logged claims
“our interest payments on the national debt now exceed the Defense Department budget so which is and the defense of our budget is like a trillion dollars a year.”
Musk claims US interest payments on the national debt now exceed the roughly one-trillion-dollar Defense Department budget.
“the interest payments which are already 23% of all government income, including income taxes, tariffs, and everything, is just going to pay interest right now.”
Musk claims interest payments already consume 23% of all US government revenue (income taxes, tariffs, and other receipts combined).