Home field advantage

fiction:in 1898 the usa does not annex thephillipines, but grants statehood to cuba;andpuerto rico and the us virgin island later teddy rossevelt has panama granted us statehood. later fdr under the good neihbor policy promises no further american land will be annexed to usa, grants statehod to alaska and hawa and rents bases in mexicos baja ca for naval basesfor the us pacific fleet. with nio us in phillipines and 90% of pacflaeet way further away japan never attackes state of hawaii. takes over european colonies and china