According to this..........we are over 17 trillion dollars in debt.....................a lump sum due to multiple countries..............so we will just invade them...............and erase the debt..

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As of September 2014, foreigners owned $6.06 trillion of U.S. debt, or approximately 47% of the debt held by the public of $12.8 trillion and 34% of the total debt of $17.8 trillion. The largest holders were China, Japan, Belgium, the Caribbean banking centers, and oil exporters.

National debt of the United States - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the