Even the left-wing media likes getting “the” Antichrist and the Beast conflated (especially since the Bible mentions “many Antichrists” and that being a sign of being close to the end). The Beast refers to a specific power, and that power was actually active during Jesus’ day; the USA did not exist then, obviously, and never had “horns” as the Beast did (the Beast is described as a destructive power, not a constructive one).
But the recent Bible mini-series sure made him out to be the enemy.