No country is obsessed with America, it’s just that everyone has to keep an eye on it because it’s too important for trade and too dangerous military to ignore.
Plus there’s the same kind of ‘it’s so horrifyingly awful it’s actually entertaining’ with Americans as when someone is paralytically drunk and making a screaming spectacle of themselves in public.
Sure, you’re just feeling a mix of disgust and pity at what they’re saying and doing, but it’s usually morbidly fascinating.
