I dunno, right now America bans or locks up travelers for having fat Vance memes on their phone. So you tell me who is turning more towards China.
That has never happened.
While I think the Vance meme reflects very poorly on my country, it is always advisable to remember that you have very limited rights in every country while crossing the border and that it best not to piss off the officers. Travel StackExchange is filled with Q&A’s about how to what to do when the customs officials of various rich countries apply their discretion to deny entry, often for reasons even more petty than having a meme.
American exceptionalism is crazy. US is one of the more abusive countries, not some civilized safe haven of individual liberties.
The only thing it should reflect poorly on is reporters who ran with this fake story for clicks.