You are assuming that enough people have an actual interest in letting the U.S. remain in the position it is now or that a recession in the U.S. will affect the

You are assuming that enough people have an actual interest in letting the U.S. remain in the position it is now or that a recession in the U.S. will affect the rest of the world enough to matter. While that may have been true a couple of years or may be even months ago, I'd say that this is anything but certain. There are a lot of people and government through out the world who would like to see the U.S. weakened.