1/ Since its bloody inception - and its bloodier Civil War, the USA has been accused of acting like an empire.
Yet it's never had an emperor. Came kinda close, with Andrew Jackson, but even he had domestic constraints.
US foreign policy is brain damaged, a four-year cycle of Groundhog Days, with a different jackass in the driver's seat. Our enemies can wait us out - and here we are, "Vote for Biden or it's shit and ruin for us all!"