For example, one of the most infamous anti-American acts against the United States was the 9/11 attacks. American stereotypes were not the main proponent of these attacks, but stereotypes become self-fulfilling and normative. If America is seen as arrogant, power hungry, intrusive, etc., then it is likely that America as a whole exhibits this behavior to some degree. That is to say that America involves itself in issues that the nation has no business contributing to.