American exceptionalism at its worst. “World beating”, “One of the top countries (apart from the ones ahead of it)”. The US is doing well, very well, but it’s certainly not world beating by any metric.
I don’t think the grandparent comment is taking exception to the phrase so much as the fact that it is verifiably false (and is even directly contradicted in the article body!).
Exactly.
I don't think you'll find anyone arguing that the UK is any kind of shining example here.