Shrinking military advantages, deficit spending, geopolitical overreach, and a shift in moral, social, and behavioral conditions have been associated with American decline. news|last1=Wyne|first1=Ali|date=21 June 2018|title=Is America Choosing Decline?|work=The New URL March 2019 </ref> while others see the rise of Trump as an acceleration of a more long-term decline in American stability and power. Some scholars say that the perception of decline, or declinism, has long been part of the American culture  . At the same time, a similar proportion of survey respondents indicated that they are "proud to be an American".
Shrinking military advantages, deficit spending, geopolitical overreach, and a shift in moral, social, and behavioral conditions have been associated with American decline. Some analysts suggest the decline stems from the foreign policy of the Trump administration and the "country's ongoing withdrawal from the global arena", while others see the rise of Trump as an acceleration of a more long-term decline in American stability and power. Some scholars say that the perception of decline, or declinism, has long been part of the American culture . In a 2021 poll of 1,019 Americans just after the riot at the Capitol, 79\% of those surveyed said that America is "falling apart" . At the same time, a similar proportion of survey respondents indicated that they are "proud to be an American".
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Some analysts suggest the decline stems from the foreign policy of the Trump administration and the "country's ongoing withdrawal from the global arena",
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. In a 2021 poll of 1,019 Americans just after the riot at the Capitol, 79\% of those surveyed said that America is "falling apart"