The danger is two-fold: firstly the USA is losing friends abroad, 'allies' are realising that at best they were slightly favoured underlings but never equals. A

The danger is two-fold: firstly the USA is losing friends abroad, 'allies' are realising that at best they were slightly favoured underlings but never equals. At least this is explicit from the outset with China. Secondly, America's power and influence is fading, slowly admittedly, but fading nonetheless. Like here in the UK your turn will come when you realise what it is like to be yesterday's bully boy. Ours came with the break up of Empire, yours may come when the world calls in your debts or builds walls to isolate your corrupt financial structures. America was once admired and respected. Now it is increasingly like some blundering fat tourist in a brothel, people pretend to be nice to you because they want your money. But really, nobody is your friend.