>>>Also, there is a difference between respecting and honoring.
It’s safe to say that Eliyohu Hanavi running in front of the Rosha Achav was both respecting and honoring him.
The posuk which says לֹֽא־תְתַעֵ֣ב מִצְרִ֔י
כִּי־גֵ֖ר הָיִ֥יתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ is actually from the sources Chazal give for Hakoras HaTov. Period. Not only for the country you live in. Were the Egyptians such Tzadikm all the time Klal Yisroel was there ?