I thought that American democracy 
is like the most stable democracy
in the world.
I'm not sure about it so much right now.
There is this perception amongst
most countries that
America does seem to meddle in
other people's affairs,
and think that its form of democracy
is the only pure form of democracy.
I've heard one time
the U.S. being referred to as
"the policeman of the world."
Iraq is an example of American
military intervention.
Now there's a war of religions there
— different minorities fighting
against each other.
It always causes problems if you
say to your neighbor
what he has to do.
You supported our military dictatorship.
You supported the coup in 1964.
We hear that we have American
sponsoring terrorism.
Clinton, Bush, Obama,
and now Trump...
never among those four
I saw any difference
in the foreign policy.
Never.
America did quite well for Germany
after the World War II.
But
I think they're just taking a role
that no one asked them to take.
I think we live in a global world.
We are all interdependent
on each other.
We cannot have
authoritarian positions
where I'm superior and everyone
else depends upon me
and I'm not dependent on everyone.
I think the United States
perhaps should be advised
to be more selective
in defending its vital interests.
They need to stop doing the
alpha and omega,
the savior of other countries.
They need to start...
By their own self, they need to
think about their people
to put themselves in a position
to be able to
commit more future assistance
to other people.
Egyptians, in general,
like what we can describe as
"American soft power."
Most of the shows that Indians watch,
most of the films that they watch
are American.
When I think about the U.S.,
I think about good movies.
Breaking Bad,
Riverdale.
One thing about entertainment is that it cuts 
across most demographic divides.
Egyptian television is always
going on about America.
They make it seem like a
very good thing.
America is reported as God's
own country
and everybody wants
to go to America.
There is a significant percentage of
Indians who do reside
in the U.S.
What sort of experiences they've had,
shapes perceptions that India has
about the U.S.
I've heard there's lots of problems for
Indians staying over there, right now.
At the immigration, they
sounded a little stiff.
They don't want us inside. But then
once you enter inside,
the people are also warm and cool.
America, for a long time, has a
strong history of championing
democratic practices.
But we've seen for a while that
that practice is declining.
Adoration of U.S. culture,
U.S. society
may have subsided a little bit.
And yet,
a majority of the people in Japan
come out in favor of the U.S.
Here in Brazil, we consume a lot
of the Americans' products.
We are overwhelmed with
American culture,
with American TV shows
 movies, songs...
That also has some sort
of a positive impact
because the films obviously do show
America in a positive light.
