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It seems like the US is hell bent on destroying everything that made them a global hegemon
Their modern model is based on being an administrative economy with a wealthy consumer base that can afford to buy imported goods (both natural resources and manufactured), which are sourced from poorer nations at a low cost (by virtue of often being produced by transnational corporations operating out of the US) and, more importantly, paid in US dollars that the country can produce infinitely in exchange for a trade deficit
This affords them economic stability that makes US securities appealing enough that lenders are willing to give America money at low rates
Enter: the Trump admin
Inflation, stagnating wages and outsourcing to foreign labor make it so the consumer base finds it hard to justify luxury goods
Tariffs raise the price of imported goods (most of which do not have a locally sourced alternative) so consumers can no longer afford them
Hostile diplomacy and retaliatory tariffs make other countries not want to trade with the US
Wishy-washy economic policy introduces uncertainty that makes lenders raise their rates, which makes the deficit spiral out of control (see: the Big Beautiful Bill)
Centralizing wealth by giving billionaires tax breaks combined with decreased spending from the populace due to them bracing for a recession takes a lot of fiat out of circulation, which devalues the dollar
And all of this is without mentioning how Trump sympathizing with autocrats like Putin has damaged relations with western allies, which could endanger the US' main cash cow, the MIC, by getting Europe and other regions to start arming themselves instead of buying equipment from America
All in all, if they don't course correct, the United States could have their USSR collapse moment