I know the writer of this story very well. If you are one to pay attention to what happens behind the scenes in this country, you might find that this situation is very possible.
In two months, the United States had gone from being the biggest consumer market in the world, to a country that had nothing to trade and no currency with which to trade. Prices worldwide had exploded, as foreign central bankers divested themselves of Dollars and had to buy much more expensive currency to replace it. This required them to do what all central banks do…. print more money, which continued their own vicious cycle towards worthlessness.
What about the U.S. being this “all great superpower”?
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