America use to be the world's largest creditor nation. Today, it's the world's largest debtor nation. This year, our trade deficit will be around $800 billion. The US deficit will be around $1 trillion dollars. That's around $3000 for every man, women and child in our country. That means, me and my wife who are retired Americans are another $6,000 in debt. Probably twice that amount since half the country won't ever pay taxes. Social Security and Medicare may be cut. The country is going broke. We can;t afford it anymore. Other nations like Germany, Canada, have become very rich, a lot due to American largesse. They can afford to pull their weight more. As Trump said, "we can't be schmucks anymore."
If you are going bust, I think you should look at what you manufacture, how much you pay yourselves for making the stuff, and how willing you are to innovate. You should perhaps cast an eye on how your tax system works and how well or otherwise it collects from your nation's top earners, how much from its internationals who prefer paying "taxes" to Ireland and on and on. There are billions involved there.
Considering you are the leading manufacturers for all the hardware that gets used by NATO and friendly countries, apart from the stuff you flog worldwide, the vast sums spent on defence would appear to trickle right back home, and not disappoint the NRA, either! Look at more sides of the situation than one.
Try thinking beyond your Atlantic/Pacific coasts, or that wall-to-maybe-be down south. You've already pissed off what's up north.
