We are going down fast, I think we are number one in that.

The problem is not that Americans are patriotic
The problem is not that Americans love their country
The problem is not that Americans are proud to be Americans

Those are all fine

The Problems are that a significant minority Americans think every other country in the world is shit, that non American are inferior and that people who are not white are not actually human and that over 70% of the nation suffer from the Dunning Kruger effect.

Excellent point!!

I think this might be the case for the citizens for many countries. Very few like to think their country is not great in someway. A lot of countries make fun of American (U.S.) people. They can be real, conceited, assholes sometimes.

Or does the need to see the country as a savior to the world illustrate the prevalence of mental illness (lurking malignant narcissism and pathological insecurity).

I never thought America was number one. There is so much dirt from the beginning of this country to the present. Murdering Native Americans, dragging African people from their country to become slaves to landowners, meanwhile torturing and murdering them, locking up Japanese Americans during WW2, the ongoing oppression of people of color. Surely NOT number one.