I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.
The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.