Let's look at it in a different way: the U.S. is definitely less subject to any of those risks than just about any other country (save for North Korea itself, w

Let's look at it in a different way: the U.S. is definitely less subject to any of those risks than just about any other country (save for North Korea itself, where situation just can't be any worse). Everyone else is more sensitive to trade disruptions (because they import the bulkiest goods - energy - which U.S. exports). Everyone else except proverbial shithole countries (plus Israel), have worse demographic situation and thus poorer ability to recruit people to the armed forces. Everyone else is more geographically exposed save for South America that is too dysfunctional for anyone to even try occupying. In a way, fixing just a couple key issues like semiconductor dependency (which is being fixed as we speak although not without some hiccups), it might be a viable strategy to "let it burn" resulting in a 1940-style situation: everyone now needs America to rescue them but America does not need them at all, and is free to pick winners at will. Maybe even pitching dictators against one another to make world situation deliberately worse - to increase the flow of investment and people to the U.S. - is a good start.