My personal view is that the US must now be rated as unreliable and that we need to build a defence force that can actually defend us at least for a limited period of time. However our politicians are unlikely to want to spend the necessary funds as they won't see a political gain for themselvesin the immediate future, they still seem to think that they can what until a direct threat appears.
The reality that it takes decades to re-establish defence capabilities is either not realised or does not accure to them. There will be plattatudes spoken some increases in budget, but never enough and the public will be told that everything is under control, when it is far from the truth, that is the way our pollies work.