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<p>Facing a debt deemed <em>“unsustainable”</em>, the Tesla CEO warns : the United States is heading towards a budget wall. In a conversation with Joe Rogan, he denounces an economic trajectory that has become, in his view, <em>“dead end”</em>. For some, this imminent crisis could propel bitcoin to new heights. The asset, historically linked to distrust of the dollar, could well be strengthened by this announced crisis.</p>
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   <li>Elon Musk warns of a possible U.S. bankruptcy, calling the current fiscal situation “crazy.”</li>
   <li>U.S. federal debt has surpassed $38 trillion, driven by post-Covid spending and rising interest rates.</li>
   <li>According to Musk, even extreme budget cuts won’t be enough to stop the crisis without massive economic growth.</li>
   <li>He believes only a revolution driven by artificial intelligence and robotics could prevent collapse.</li>
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<h2 id="out-of-control-debt-musk-sounds-the-alarm-on-us-solvency">Out-of-control debt : Musk sounds the alarm on US solvency</h2>
<p>The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX warns that the United States is heading straight towards bankruptcy, unable in his view to control a systemic deficit, while <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/69713-per-second-how-fast-u-s-debt-is-growing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the US debt reaches 38 trillion dollars</a>.</p>
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<p><em>“This is crazy”</em>, Elon Musk says to Joe Rogan, judging the magnitude of American debt.</p>
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<p>In this three-hour interview, he insists : <em>“there is no way to solve the debt crisis, except by adopting an ultra-draconian policy against waste and fraud, which one cannot do in a democratic country”</em>.</p>
<p>The alarm signal comes with a chilling observation : the interest alone on the debt now exceeds the military budget, a point Musk calls a <em>“completely crazy situation”</em>. For him, even extreme austerity measures would only delay the deadline.</p>
<p>Musk’s warning comes in an explosive budget context. Furthermore, federal debt jumped by $500 billion in October alone, reaching a record total of $38 trillion. According to Musk, this trajectory is the result of a series of ineffective policies since the Covid crisis. Among <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/11/02/this-is-crazy-elon-musk-issues-serious-38-trillion-us-bankruptcy-warning-predicted-to-blow-up-the-bitcoin-price/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the aggravating factors</a> he mentions or alludes to, we can note :</p>
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 <li>Massive post-pandemic public spending used to support the economy during lockdowns ;</li>
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 <li>The rapid rise in interest rates, intended to counter inflation, but which sharply increases the cost of debt service ;</li>
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 <li>The Trump administration’s “tax &amp; spend” bill, which Musk openly criticizes for its long-term inflationary effects ;</li>
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 <li>Lack of real political will to reform, in a system where every spending cut becomes an electoral issue ;</li>
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 <li>The country’s democratic structure, which, in his view, prevents any “super draconian” approach to curb fraud and waste.</li>
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<p>Musk is no longer merely mentioning a hypothetical risk. He is now talking about an inevitable bankruptcy if the United States does not find a massive growth lever. And for him, this lever can only come from a technological revolution driven by AI and robotics.</p>
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<h2 id="h-towards-a-dollar-collapse-bitcoin-presented-as-a-monetary-escape">Towards a dollar collapse ? Bitcoin presented as a monetary escape</h2>
<p>While Musk grows increasingly pessimistic about the United States’ ability to correct its budget path, he puts forward an unexpected solution: the adoption of bitcoin as an alternative to the current monetary system.</p>
<p>Far from being a theoretical hypothesis, this orientation fits within an assumed political strategy. Musk, who has confirmed that his new political movement, <em>“the America Party”</em>, considered adopting bitcoin, now calls the dollar and other fiat currencies <em>“hopeless”</em>, doomed to failure due to their total disconnection from an underlying asset.</p>
<p>Musk’s stance is not isolated. Crypto figures like Anthony Pompliano believe the acceleration of debt creates fertile ground for BTC price increases. In a note, he writes : <em>“the higher the national debt goes, the higher bitcoin goes. And nothing seems to want to stop either one”</em>.</p>
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<p>Thus, the <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/crypto-markets/bitcoin-btc-en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">bitcoin price</a> briefly exceeded $126,000 in October before retreating due to profit-taking and investors returning to stocks and gold. For Nic Puckrin, analyst at Coin Bureau, <em>“in the long term, the investment case for bitcoin remains intact, even if volatility dominates in the short term”</em>. He mentions an <em>“inevitable monetary devaluation”</em> in a context of increasingly accommodative monetary policies worldwide.</p>
<p>If Musk’s and other analysts’ thesis is confirmed, bitcoin could establish itself as a speculative asset but also as an alternative store of value, <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/bitcoin-reignites-its-correlation-with-gold-surging-to-118000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">thanks to an unprecedented correlation with gold</a>, in a world losing its economic bearings. However, current market instability and uncertainties about central bank policies leave the door open to all scenarios.</p>

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