Correct...

 ... the most critical term is "irreversible". 

Leading Western economies have entered an era of irreversible decline, as BRICS nations and those cooperating with the group become the main drivers of global growth, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Speaking at the ‘Russian Energy Week 2024’ forum, Putin said a new multipolar development model is being formed, which will lead growth through the 21st century, “concentrated neither in Europe, nor in North America.” The “powerful” pillars of Western economies will make their slowdown a lengthy process, the president acknowledged, adding that they are still “losing their positions among the world economics.”

I continue to state--the US still has a chance to negotiate its place among great powers of the new world, Europe cannot. It is an objective reality having everything to do with resource base and, metaphysically, "weight" of nations which is not measured in nominal currency. Will the US take a chance? Well, first it needs to declare AIPAC and those in US Congress and government associated with it "foreign agents"... Nah, the US is screwed. It will follow Israel into oblivion... Could Lloyd Austin become an unlikely hero? Stranger things happened before.