Id say less Australians respect the top job in politics( prime minister) than Americans do with their president. Things happening now have shaken things up but previously your respect for the office of commander in cheif(even if you didnt like the guy) was singular amongst most of the world. A lot of the rest of the world..dont share the same love for the boss you guys do basically.
Before covid, some Australians would be flat out even naming our prime minister. We had so many of them swapping jobs the last few years( their own party deposing them and replacing them with another leader-another difference between Aus and the US) and the whole situation was seen as clownish.
Our prime minsters so closely follow UN mandates, chinese trade and US war politics, its a marvel to see just how flexible someone can be in serving three masters at once.
