Yeah, that Manifest Destiny, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny
is probably what is going to bring America down in confrontation with the rest of the world.
You know, the one that always was and never went away during American expansionism.

Note in the Wikipedia article that the idea of Manifest Destiny was contested all through the expansion, also by notable Americans.
Manifest Destiny = Illusions of Grandeur


Cowardly men always plot to label Freedom as anarchy!