Internet payments are on track to surpass military expenses. The long term solution is embracing the free market, abolishing FED and all the other things that we have been screaming about. That won't happen yet. This administration has enough people in it that would want to tackle this massive debt problem. A lot of things start to make sense when you look at things this way.

https://www.investopedia.com/why-interest-payments-are-blowing-up-the-federal-budget-8712197

Another factor to consider is that Trump administration may not care too much about what happen to USA as long as other countries have it worse. They likely think of this similar to a boxing match. They will tolerate any pain as long as they can improve the relative position of USA compared to other nations.