Mine is that the useState hook is an actual plague on the entire React ecosystem. Regardless of your opinions of React, if you wanna use something then use it right.
I learned it by doing small bash and python scripts first, then moved on to base C.
So i think id start with python. But difficulty is hard to ascertain tbh. You could also just start in the language you think youre gonna use. Doing a good ol hello world program in it is always a good prelim fit test. If the process seems fairly intuitive, move on to the next program.
Theres probably two big hands on ways of learning it. One is just writing your own tools when you need em for the practice of it, the other being following a structured course, where you get little assignments of increasing complexity, classic classroom style.
And all of this probably underlines the main point beautifully. The easiest language to learn is the one you find fun enough to keep practicing with. Because its the ongoing practice thats the real gold.