I think a deal where all could benefit could be crafted, and Trump may be the one to do it. It is a great asset and it would be an incredible stupid loss.

"This generation is [...]realistic about the challenges and risks that lay ahead."
This is present tense, so they mean the risks that lie ahead.

I wonder if they could put it in a higher earth orbit, eliminating the need for periodic boosts. I imagine someone has run the numbers of cost of a large one-time boost minus PV of future maintenance boosts plus extra fuel required every time someone visits it.

The lunar orbit idea sounds far-fetched because the ISS is in LEO about 200 miles up and the moon is like 200,000 miles.

I am very unclear if having bases in orbit is helpful to exploration. Bases in LEO, lunar orbit, and the moon surface sound like stepping stones to Mars, but space is so harsh it may actually be cheaper not to establish bases. I wish the economics worked out such that you needed LEO labs for zero-gee mfg processes and from there it started to make sense to mine the moon and shoot the materials with a mass driver into an orbit where the labs could capture it.

Space colonization will eventually be economical, but unfortunately I doubt it will be in my lifetime.

I can't see getting it to the moon. It would take a lot of acceleration force on a construction that was not designed for it.

On the other hand, if there is a private company or organization that wants to maintain it in near Earth orbit that might make sense.

Unfortunately from the comments the number of people who hate private companies has grown to the point that they would rather crash it in the ocean than have someone make a profit off of it.