You want to talk politics...fine...but I am not interested in the current choice of two "pensioners".
What I am interested is:
1. Is this the decline era for the US "empire"?
2. If no...nothing. If yes, then would that decline be more like the decline of the British Empire (BE) or more like the decline and fall of Rome?
3. If like BE, then...nothing. If like the decline and fall of Rome, then we could be up for a few decades to few centuries of unpleasantness (Dark Ages II).
For the history buffs, it is thought that Justinian plaque (most likely caused by plaque bacteria- Yersinia pestis).
Maybe something rhymes here.
What's your take?
I suspect the US will slowly decline and be superceded by China, in a similar way to that in which the British Empire declined in the 20thC and was superceded by US. The British are still pretty comfortable though, in terms of per capita GDP and standard of living. So while the US might decline, it will be slow enough not to affect its citizens for a few more generations, and even then it may not be very dramatic.
Or war. Always a
possibility probability over time.