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Never did. We tolerate the US because of their large rich population of mindless consumers, no brand would be crazy to not pander to this market, and no executive politician would want to disrupt trade. But that's it, "the world" never truly liked the US.
"liked" and "benefits from" are two almost completely unrelated things.
Agreed. What makes you think the world at large benefited from a "strong" USA as quoted? We didn't. We benefited, as in extracted value from, a rich USA buying goods.
All true, but the rules based order did create a period of relative peace and prosperity.