中等收入国家陷阱说 是解释还是掩饰？

5.This has enabled the US to maintain massive trade and current account deficits, and a military presence in much of the world, despite its huge, but still growing fiscal and trade deficits. The US exorbitant privilege seems to have been sustained by its ‘soft power’ and unassailable military superiority.尽管美国的财政和贸易赤字巨大且不断增长，美国来自各国的借款让其可以维持海量贸易额和经常账户赤字，以及在全球很多地区的军事存在。美国的特权地位似乎一直由其“软实力”和不容置疑的军事优势维持着。