@ChrisMayLA6 The other side of the problem is, which language shoud you learn?
I'm currently learning German, but after > 2 years I still can't understand anything but the simplest German texts. Should I go anywhere other than Germany, Austria or Switzerland, even that will be worthless. Meanwhile the choice of 2nd language for any non-anglophone is obvious: English.
(And I suspect most Germans will still start speaking English to me anyway, because it's less painful)