"We need to do something about our national debt or the dollar will be worth nothing," Musk tweeted.
The country's national debt is more than $34 trillion, according to fiscaldata.treasury.gov.
Responding to Musk, Ed Krassenstein wrote, "The problem is that no administration wants to take on the National Debt issue because the longterm fix is likely a short term detriment to the economy."
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