Foreigner: the budget crisis will force the United States to moderate its leadership ambitions and become more modest
The default shadow no longer hangs over the United States: the Senate adopted the law on raising the ceiling of the public debt, and the president signed it, and the Americans involuntarily realized that the government would have to choose - either increase taxes, or severely cut the costs of defense, pensions and healthcare, the media write. In Washington, they can breathe calmly: the US Senate, in turn, approved an increase in the state debt limit.