From what I understand of America the average age of American officials are in their late 50s to mid 60s

Most people from their political viewers during their first ten years of working and politicians tend to play things safe

So it's very unlikely that they would ditch aircraft carriers for drone carriers or something totally new

Because taking those kinds of decisions carry a lot of risks and can lead to ridicule

I do believe there was a governor of California in the 1980s who want to expand ports in California

Because he saw the potential of trade with China he was ridiculed and lost the governorship

Because people didn't think China would be the future in the 1980s

That's a clear example of a leader planing for the future and getting punished for it

If a US president stated he is scrapping the carriers he would be ridiculed

To me aircraft carriers could be the battleships of the 20th century being out dated