it kind of seems like the us bourgeoisie no longer cares all that much about soft power. take usaid as an example. even if the next president wants to, i doubt they'll have the political capital to bring it back. amerikkkan liberals don't even bring it up except when they need to say orange man bad. there has been zero push to re-fund it. but as others have pointed out, the ultimate answer will come in 2028 after a demonkkkrat takes the oval office.