Because by not respecting foreign citizens America instead of leader becomes the schoolyard bully. So the US are losing respect, soft power and goodwill with no

Because by not respecting foreign citizens America instead of leader becomes the schoolyard bully. So the US are losing respect, soft power and goodwill with nothing to show for that. So international isolation in the upcoming turmoil times of re-balancing of the global politics may not be the best time to be. US seems like post-Birsmarck's Germany right now - too powerful, arrogant and incompetent for its own good.