When the USA ceases to be a superpower is different from when it ceases to be a powerful threat. Russia is a powerful threat, despite being only a mid-tier powe

When the USA ceases to be a superpower is different from when it ceases to be a powerful threat. Russia is a powerful threat, despite being only a mid-tier power. IMO, the USA probably is still a superpower. But the UK and France didn't realise they'd stopped being superpowers until the Suez Crisis, and I suspect the USA will only discover the loss of superpower status in a similar way. Though not exactly the same, given what happened in Vietnam and Afghanistan, let alone TACOing out of using force to take Greenland.