Always need to distinguish between American people, who for the most part are nice people, and American global influence, which for the most part is very damaging now, and will only get worse. I'm far more scared of USA than China or Russia. Most Americans are unaware of how the world sees them, and get a rude shock when they travel to other countries and see how the rest of 'US' see them. A bit like that movie, 'the truman show', when the main character realises his whole life is totally fabricated ... 'the american dream'.