Yahoo Finance(@YahooFinance):.@DM_Rubenstein says the US is paying over a trillion dollars in interest. 😟 "Whenever a country paid more interest on its debt than it did for its national security, that's a sign of weakness in the country," Rubenstein says. "Right now we've crossed that threshold," the Carlyle Group co-founder tells @BrianSozzi. Watch the full interview of Power Players now on YouTube:

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2026.09.14 17:30

.@DM_Rubenstein says the US is paying over a trillion dollars in interest. 😟 "Whenever a country paid more interest on its debt than it did for its national security, that's a sign of weakness in the country," Rubenstein says. "Right now we've crossed that threshold," the Carlyle Group co-founder tells @BrianSozzi. Watch the full interview of Power Players now on YouTube: