In actuality, there are a lot of people outside the US who do look upon it as a big fat dumb place with a generally good heart. The see that the actual makers of things are clever. The business sharps are clever. The entertainment is top notch. But, alas, the accumulated mass of our democracy behaves like a toddler.
It doesn't mean we aren't generally on the side of pluralism and human rights. We do have a lot of people trying to do the right things. We do think we are better in alliances even if many of my colleagues wouldn't trust a Brit as far as they could throw him and we've been allied with them for longer than almost anyone. We do believe we are for free and fair trade even if it isn't perfect.
So, enough of the moral relativism. America is actually weird in good ways and stupid in some bad ways.