The US sure as hell doesn’t act like a country confident in its ability to lead. The truth is the Founding Genocidal Slaveowners couldn’t have stolen a better piece of land, the US has to look for problems because to the north and south they’re either bordered by peaceful neighbors or fish.
China is not even the USSR (although I wish they were), they’d leave the US alone if Uncle Sam would just stop trying to goad them into senseless fighting.