In a doubtless fruitless attempt to steer clear of politics, I'll simply point out: how many of us actually have "leaders?" Actual leaders on a national, never mind planetary, scale are fleetingly rare... and they're often horrible. Corporal FunnyStache was a "leader." Stalin was a "leader," Churchill was a "leader." Probably FDR and Reagan. Just about any political official you care to point out is just a politician who most people would not go to for advice on selecting a pooper scooper, never mind on first contact with the Zeta Reticulans.
So aliens show up and say "take us to your leader?"
"You're looking at him."