As a map some days ago showed, Canada, Greenland, Panama, probably Israel, maybe even Ukrain - it's all about shipping lanes.
All that effort makes sense if there is the believe that global trade will increase and that the USA will still be relevant when the center of the global population is in Asia.
So extinction is not the goal but could be an accepted risk.
Wenn er doch nur anhand einer ehemaligen Behörde zeugen könnte, wie man radikal für Produktivität und Innovation bei staatlichen Institutionen sorgen könnte ...