Forty Trillion Dollars When Imperial Debt Begins to Erode U.S. Power

By Dr. Mohammed Hassan Saad
Head of the Worldview Institute for International Relations and DiplomacyMember of the American Political Science Association

    The U.S. national debt is no longer merely an enormous and difficult-to-grasp figure; it has become one of the clearest indicators of the transformation underway in the United States’ economic and strategic model. When total federal debt surpasses $40 trillion in August 2026, having stood at roughly $9 trillion in 2007, we are witnessing more than a simple increase in borrowing. We are witnessing the sustained accumulation of government deficits and obligations, accelerating to the point that the debt is growing at a pace that exceeds the political system’s ability to bring its fiscal trajectory under …

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