The last countries to modernize are always at the advantage. So US skips 5G, maybe goes to 6G or whatever the next thing is. There are a lot of companies working to get LEO constellations of internet satellites up. I'd take that over 5G in a heartbeat. Especially since it is largely a marketing gimmic at this point. 4G LTE is good enough for most things. How many people aren't actually tied to a location for a large part of the day and are using wifi anyway. 5G doesn't do anything if you are wifi connected.