>still those new players cannot recruit a broader base of folks.

to be fair this comment from the thread after the author clarified that non-citizens can apply sums the situation up:

"Would you be willing to assist the United States in an invasion/annexation of Greenland? As a Danish citizen, I think it would be slightly counterproductive to work for a company that may potentially invade me in the coming future."

I would actually sleep better if the PR damage is big enough so that the recruitment base shrinks until the risk of invading a free and democratic ally is off the table