Hegemony depends on the tacit consent of those ruled. If the US treats the rest of the world as an enemy, and a playground for its war machine and surveillance

Hegemony depends on the tacit consent of those ruled. If the US treats the rest of the world as an enemy, and a playground for its war machine and surveillance apparatus, it can expect at some point to earn the enmity of the people in all the countries where it has interfered. This has already happened in the Middle East, East Africa, and South America. By these actions the US is undermining the only friends it has in the world, and is becoming increasingly isolated.