[Iscool]

You make a lot of good points, but I would suggest dropping the whole “foreign countries manipulating their currencies” line in these discussions. Over the last 15 years the U.S. has been one of the worst offenders in this regard.

But it's like Trump says, 'they need us a lot more than we need them'...After all, we ARE the U.S. of A...

[Alberta's Child]

As time goes on, they need us less and less. The U.S. is still a major economic power in the world, but the sad truth is that with globalization and rapid development in other countries, our 310+ million people simply aren’t as big a market as we used to be ... in a world of 7-8 billion people.