It so happens that the US is also deep in debt. It is currently running massive trade and budget deficits which are financed through borrowing. Some of the borrowing is from its competitors like the Chinese who have a massive trade surplus and a healthy budget surplus.
Owing to concerns about the financial health of the US gava, there has been talk about the setting up of a new currency to rival the dollar. There has also been fears that China and Japan may start selling off their huge dollar denominated asset holdings and thereby force the US economy into severe recession. All this points to one fact, the US is declining and will continue to decline in the foreseeable future
Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...