![Obama's SOTU: 'Anyone Claiming That America's Economy Is In Decline Is Peddling Fiction' [VIDEO]](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GettyImages-5046775121-e1452652589796.jpg "Obama's SOTU: 'Anyone Claiming That America's Economy Is In Decline Is Peddling Fiction' [VIDEO]")
Despite facing threats abroad, President Obama claimed that America’s standing in the world has improved during his two terms in the White House.
OBAMA: I told you earlier all the talk of America’s economic decline is political hot air. Well, so is all the rhetoric you hear about our enemies getting stronger and America getting weaker. The United States of America is the most powerful nation on Earth. Period. It’s not even close. We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined. Our troops are the finest fighting force in the history of the world. No nation dares to attack us or our allies because they know that’s the path to ruin. Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead – they call us.