Ironically, I believe that the United States, as we know it, was saved by the CORONA-19 virus. Europe was saved as well.

If it were not for the breathtaking incompetence of the Trump administration's handling of the epidemic, Trump would probably have been re-elected in 2020. Even some Trump voters were able to see that Trump was incompetent and unable to handle an emergency.

As this post notes, a second term Trump would have gutted NATO as Trump stood by while Russia invaded Ukraine.

The United States standing in the world would never have recovered. Both from the Russian dominance of Europe and the dramatic demonstration of the stupidity of the US voters for re-electing a corrupt, moronic incompetent.