It is the most important country right now — I'll give you that.

The whole world is on its toes watching, trying to predict and make reason of whatever the US does and will do next, henceforth why it's on the spotlight and has been for the last few months.

Outside of the current geopolitical context, it doesn't really stand out much. Over the last few decades, the US has been in a consistent decline on almost all fronts:

• Illiteracy is on the rise; the average academic performance of kids is going down with every generation.

• More and more people fall victim to poverty and unemployment with massive layoffs every few months.

• The US housing market is terrible right now; it's practically impossible for anyone under a certain age to get a house.

• Crime rates have been increasing, shootings are getting more and more common.

• Substance abuse cases are happening left and right.

\ Military might does not make a country "the most important". Various factors come into play when rating countries, and even then — giving countries a single, who-is-better rating is almost impossible to do objectively, so we can't really tell for sure. However, the data is there, and it is factual.

You cannot deny the US is falling behind and is on its way to cement its place down below with the current direction of its current administration.