This is already where they're going anyway. as the COVID forced telework stuff was just a bump in the road along that direction. In fact, outsourcing was already pretty common even before the current era of telework.
However, what you're missing is that there is a huge competence gap between (red-blooded) American workers and overseas Pajeets. This shows up a lot in my line of work in technology, where the Pajeets can only kind of barely in a technically-meets-specs way do the job. They can do the job, but the product of their work is often riddled with errors and maintainability concerns, and often just barely meets the technical requirements for the product. In some cases, there's even a monkey's paw effect with asking them to do things where yes, you get what you asked from them, but... it's not quite what you had in mind when you asked for it. You had a purpose in mind, but the Pajeet only sees the checkbox that needs to be checked, not the purpose.
It's like getting a car that doesn't run on gas, but where you have to move it by your feet like a Flintstones car. Technically, it's a car. Technically, it's got wheels and a propulsion method. You just didn't specify the propulsion method, so they just did the absolute minimum there. But foot propulsion meets the basic requirements, so you get a Flintstones car.
It's why corporate products suck nowadays. But there are companies that recognize the need for good products, so they pay the competence premium.
