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Prigozhin, whose Wagner troops have pulled back from Bakhmut, also attacked Russia’s current war efforts in the face of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Directly contradicting Putin’s claims that Moscow has fended off Kyiv’s counterattack, Prigozhin also accused the Russian military leadership of lying to the public about the scale of its losses and setbacks in Ukraine. “The Russian army is retreating in all directions and shedding a lot of blood … What they tell us is the deepest deception.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/wagner-chief-accuses-russias-military-of-attack-and-says-evil-leadership-must-be-stopped

In 1946, United States reigned supreme militarily and economically, relative to the rest of the world. today in absolute sense, United States is far better place economically that it was in 1946. Its military unmatched in a great power contest, but in relative global sense the United States has been in relative decline since 1946, compared to the rise of Asia etc. And there is nothing one can do about it. Just good ‘old reversion back to the mean. That is just China and the rest of Asia catching up to their economic potential from a low economic base on the back of their large population. And I think that should be celebrated. The fact that the rest of the world will be enjoying higher standards of living is great thing net-net for humanity as oppose being concerned about the potential of US economic global domination being eclipsed. And that not everyone is going to like Mikey Mouse. In any case, these two notions ought not to be a zero sum game or mutually exclusive. If the great power of today cannot adapt they will be swept aside. Nothing last forever.

The incredibly high living standard the US enjoys today is largely the result of the global world order it imposed/built/lead after world war II (with, of course, lots of help along the way from other nations). This positioning allows US companies dominate the world (economically) - China and Russia exempted (perhaps India too). If the US retreats, the void will simply be filled by China/Russia/totalitarian regimes. Shrinking your empire is never a good choice - it is usually catastrophic. That is, after all, what the Soviet Union did in 1991. Reversing a bad decision is pretty much impossible (Putin is learning that lesson today).