Lol, don’t fall for the propaganda. The US is not rabies free and is listed by many other nations as a high risk country. Many places in the world are rabies free. And many more have it only in rare occurances. The US is a standout for how poorly it has dealt with rabies.
This is in direct retaliation for other countries imposing the same standards to actually prevent rabies from the US entering their country especially as so many Americans fake illness and fly with their dogs everywhere.