If they think that most non-Americans wish that they were Americans, and that we all sit here weeping and gnashing our teeth because we were cursed by god in not being born a citizen of the United States, they are sadly mistaken. Most people are as proud to be citizens of their own countries as Americans are of theirs, and Boris is British, proud to be so, and Britain is his home, and as much as many here profess to not care that he prefers to see Britain as his homeland rather than the US, the petulent and angry tones they have adopted in commenting on his decision would suggest otherwise, and that they are actually extremely offended. If they didn’t care so much, they would shrug their shoulders and not bother commenting on it...
Only a few countries engender that type of loyalty: Japan, England, Scotland, Ireland, France(?), Germany pre-WWII. The rest have no particular affinity outside of their family/tribe. Everyone else sure as hell wishes they were either born here or emigrated.
Btw, good catch on Boris becoming Mayor of London. I remember reading this original post years ago.