America Actually IS Exceptional–Exceptionally Stupid
The core problem in the United States is that there are tens of millions of people, as much as 40% of the voter base, who believe the meme here.
Suppose all this had happened somewhere else. Imagine that some European country elected a president who told more than 30K lies in four years, blocked treatment for COVID-19, obstructed justice, committed extortion and fraud, and then topped it all off with an attempted coup.
To take an example, how many French voters would have stood by the side of such a person? 17?