"Leader of the Free World" always struck me as an odd term. Is the US the only free country? If not, then did other countries elect the US President? Isn't an u

"Leader of the Free World" always struck me as an odd term. Is the US the only free country? If not, then did other countries elect the US President? Isn't an un-elected leader a dictator? Wouldn't "Dictator of the Free World" imply that the Free World wasn't actually free? The logical assumption is that the US President is not in fact a leader of anything outside of the US and only the pride and arrogance of the citizenry would lead to that title. Alternatively, it could be true that the US President is indeed the dictator of the rest of the world, but then it would be more fitting to call him a dictator rather than some Americanized version of "Great Leader".