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USAmericans believe two things simultaneously: first, correctly, they believe their leaders are liars and thieves and crooks; second, falsely, they believe the US is the best country in the world. Combining these two together in their heads leads them to believe that every other leader must be at least as bad, or worse, than the US's leaders.
That's a good way to put it, yeah.
I'm not sure why this couldn't apply to most nationalities in the imperial core, though. I just noticed that doublethink here, because I (and most people I know) don't really trust our politicians to keep our best best interests in mind when doing their policies and would acknowledge that the system they enforce only works if you make enough money to not have to engage with it. Most people would still believe that any other place can't possibly be any better - enforced by an unofficial national slogan - and so they feel instincively suspicious of any long-reigning elected figurehead or dynasties among those. I remember sharing that feeling wholeheartedly not so long ago