Realize that we are not alone in this world..
Global confidence or opinion of the USA has drastically declined in the last 10 years. Which some would say can be directly attributed to the actions of the government. I've always found it puzzling that leaders and particularly governments don't understand the connection between this and economic performance. If the general opinion of the USA by the people of another country is poor they will collectively be less likely to buy US made products, less likely to travel to the USA and less likely to want to deal with US companies.
Now, before someone thinks this is just a case of the "Everyone should like me!" syndrome. Let me clarify that it is not. It's just that the "shoot from the hip", "What everyone else thinks doesn't matter, because I'm going to do what I want." attitude doesn't work in the global economy that we have today.