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The Leader of the Free World is an expression, originally used during the Cold War, to describe the president of the United States. The term implies that the United States president as leader of the principal democratic superpower of the time was, by extension, the leader of all of the world's democratic nations. Although it had a Cold War origin, it is still being used, in America, and countless other democratic nations[citation needed], to describe the United States president today.[1] In addition, the term is sometimes used satirically when either the United States or its president engages in behavior that other nations disagree with or disapprove of or vice versa.

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  1. ^ "It's time". Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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