Comment by drysine

Well, in the 90s there was almost total adoration of the US in Russia and America meant only one thing - the US.

Decade later the US lost most of its soft power due to the abuse of its dominant military and economic position in the world and then lost its dominant position too with the rise of the economies around the world.

People now see the US as a strong state on the lands of native Americans on the continent called North America.