I feel the United States could be successful if they approached the situation in a way that fought a technology war with China while having a traditional war with Russia.
The undermining of the UD dollar, I had no idea! My husband has a very military mentality and comes from a long line of military family. He will not absolutely will not let me in eat in anything besides the US dollar. Not even steem, which wants to be eqauk to the United States currency. I can only use the site for social purpose and not allowed to let my account accrue more than a certain amount.
I am not from military and never really knew military people until I married into this family that lives in a completely different style and mentality than I was accustomed too. But it's been intriguing to learn the values culture and traditions.