What if it's not even the US but some private company with launch capabilities that also may or may not be US based?
So why stop there? And as always, the Simpsons have predicted it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LbxDZRgA4
It's important to control the space junk problem, of course. But not at the cost of not using the space.
[1] https://www.universetoday.com/103650/space-debris-a-tale-of-...