(March 16, 2016 at 9:40 am)Mathilda Wrote: Never understood why Americans refer to their president is leader of the free world.
In the free world people have a choice about who their leaders are. No one outside America has a choice about who the American president is and nor does (s)he decide on any laws outside of the US. All they can do is say what they would like to see happen in the outside world and be ignored by everyone whilst doing so.
I agree. The term leader of the free world is insulting to me. This is American exceptionalalism at work again. This is the country that renamed French Fries 'Freedom Fries' because France wasn't willing to be a puppet and go into Iraq in 2003. Also, the 2000 was stolen so leader of the free world I'd say not.