That isn't the failure mode at all, that was given as the result of the failure (once it was already too late to reverse course). The next line which you forgot to quote was: "The world pays next to no attention as the American Century ends in silence."
Which is definitely not how the world is currently treating Trump.
Do you not think swelling deficits and an inability to pay the bills (the things actual spelled out as causes in that section of the article) are not something Trump is (ostensibly) trying to reverse more than any other president in recent memory?
No, it was part of the failure mode. The next line you quoted is the result.
> Which is definitely not how the world is currently treating Trump.
I don't know what world you're referring to, but the one I'm living on has a bunch of countries disregarding what the US president says and making plans that don't involve America.
> Do you not think swelling deficits and an inability to pay the bills (the things actual spelled out as causes in that section of the article) are not something Trump is (ostensibly) trying to reverse more than any other president in recent memory?
No, I do not believe Trump is trying to reverse the swelling deficits more than any other president in recent memory. In fact I believe he is doing quite the opposite, just as during his previous term when he swelled the deficit more than any other president in recent memory. Setting up a fake government agency with a joke name then claiming your actions are in the name of deficit reduction when they are obviously not, all the while torpedoing the economy and planning massive tax cuts to boost the deficit is not what I consider "trying to reverse the deficit". Previous presidents, who were actually serious about improving government efficiency, used the real government agency that already exists to do exactly that: the office of management and budget.
Which is definitely not how the world is currently treating Trump.
Do you not think swelling deficits and an inability to pay the bills (the things actual spelled out as causes in that section of the article) are not something Trump is (ostensibly) trying to reverse more than any other president in recent memory?