It is strange that while so many are convinced that the US is now sinking into irrelevance, and that the Chinese and others do not need the US anyways,  and despite public displays of bravado, those same people (and nations) seem to be doing a remarkable imitation of someone in a cold sweat panic.

Folks saying things like:  "we don't need the USA, that old warmongering imperialist power, anyways" would be far more convincing if their teeth were not chattering while they said it.

Yes, you would think that at most they would just shrug and thank the US for making all that trade space for others to move into.

Hmmm....