It sounds grandiose because it is, and super inaccurate. "the US doesn't command the same Kissinger grade soft power it used to". I don't see any evidence show

It sounds grandiose because it is, and super inaccurate. "the US doesn't command the same Kissinger grade soft power it used to". I don't see any evidence showing that to be the case. You should go into journalism, you're very good at writing baseless/misleading hyperbole.