Hah, I think guaranteed might be too strong a word to use in matters of a historical what if.
Regardless, you don’t have to convince me as much as people living in those countries that the US is working in their interests. And the optics aren’t good right now.
Indeed the optics aren't good, but perception != reality. That perception exists because the bad tends to be more visible than the good in general (and for good reason; if something bad is happening, we should by all means be calling it out as loudly as possible). When things are going good (or even just okay), that usually ain't exactly newsworthy.
America's dirty laundry is more visible than China's; doesn't mean it's actually dirtier.
Regardless, you don’t have to convince me as much as people living in those countries that the US is working in their interests. And the optics aren’t good right now.