Seriously, some of the dumbest people in the world speak it. It takes no skill to speak. Whereas other languages such as Русский, Español, Tiếng Việt, 日本語, 汉语, 한국어 and several others require skill. I'm sick of hearing this comment about how English is one of the most difficult languages in the world. It's the easiest. Anglophones are also some of the most ignorant and obnoxious people in the world.
I don't see anyone talking about Swahili's eleven gender classes or the click languages at all. How about the Chinese tonal system? Or the difference between aspirated and unaspirated sounds in Thai that many Germanic and Romantic language speakers can't tell the difference between?
Ffs, languages are only "easier" to learn based on what the speaker's first language is.