In a statement, Fitch cited three reasons for downgrading the US rating: concerns the US economy is going to deteriorate over the next three years; a high national debt; and repeated political standoffs over managing the country’s finances (specifically, brinksmanship over the country’s self-imposed debt limit, the cap on how much to US can borrow to pay its bills).
Emphasis mine. This honestly makes a lot of sense. This is not something a rational, credible actor does.
People were freaking out about a possible default.
Have you tried #ifdef’d global variables? Should definitely make things easier to read