long short position The US is totally bankrupt; the debt will never be paid off
By May 2026, the national debt of the United States has hit a staggering figure of around $38.9 trillion.
This number keeps changing every second. To break it down further for better visualization:
Debt Breakdown (May 2026 Data):
Total Debt: Around $38,930,000,000,000 (Thirty-eight point nine trillion US dollars).
Debt per Citizen: Each US resident theoretically bears a debt burden of about $116,210 (around Rp1.8 billion).
Debt per Taxpayer: If calculated only from those who pay taxes, the figure skyrockets to about $278,074 per person.
Interesting Facts:
Growth Rate: US debt increases by about $1 trillion every 100 days. That's equivalent to an increase of around $4.5 billion (Rp72 trillion) per day.
Debt-to-GDP Ratio: The debt now stands at around 137% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States. This means the amount of debt far exceeds the total value of goods and services produced by the country in a year.
Interest Costs: The US government now spends nearly $1 trillion a year just to pay the interest on its debt. This figure has even started to surpass their annual budget for national defense.
When converted to Rupiah (assuming an exchange rate of Rp16,000/USD), the total debt exceeds Rp622.880 trillion. A figure that's incredibly hard to fathom for the size of a country's economy.