First, well done. Second, well, I would agree on the defense spending – and of c

First, well done.
Second, well, I would agree on the defense spending – and of course, that’s what trump’s doing. But as for the reserve currency, I don’t understand why we should give that up since it grants us nearly infinite borrowing power and all but insures that as the world falls into crisis, that wealth flies to our financial system and economy.
I would split the difference and shrink our defense radius and our defense spending as a consequence, force distribution of it to others who depend on the freedom of the seas and relative free trade, and maintain our position as reserve currency.
The chinese have little time left, and the russians perhaps even less. Iran is up and down but has to eventually drop. Our problem is merely export of illegals and holding the borders closed until we integrate who we have (and be alittle more aggressive about that integration vs repatriation.
Assuming those all function we have to tolerate a decade to twenty years before there are no competitiors left.