All of that is caused by post-ww2 circumstances in which the entire rest of the world was harmed by ww2 while the US sat out and avoided all the damage then benefited from the reconstruction.
Its leadership were also not swimming in the sauce. Now the leadership is, at every level of the country. If people that understood the realities of the world were in charge the US would not have started a war with Iran that has literally no possible good outcomes for the US.
All of that is caused by post-ww2 circumstances in which the entire rest of the world was harmed by ww2 while the US sat out and avoided all the damage then benefited from the reconstruction.
Its leadership were also not swimming in the sauce. Now the leadership is, at every level of the country. If people that understood the realities of the world were in charge the US would not have started a war with Iran that has literally no possible good outcomes for the US.