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Just don't go HAM and give up your citizenship.
The USA is one of the only countries in the world that will tax citizens who are living and working in foreign countries. So there may be benefits depending on your situation.
Looks like you're only taxed if you make over $120,000/year abroad (for tax year 2023): https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/figuring-the-foreign-earned-income-exclusion
Sadly it's WAY worse than that. You want to invest for retirement, have any sort of savings, benefit from tax breaks for things like being a first time buyer, and many other things, you can be taxed.
Most countries require you to renounce your citizenship to foreign nations as part of their immigration and alien residency program.
The United States is one place where they do not require you to actually live/reside within the borders to maintain citizenship, but they still tax you as if you did, even if you have dual citizenship or fully reside in another country.
Boris Johnson was a natural-born US citizen but gave up his citizenship to hold political office in the UK.
I always find that tidbit amusing. There was a joke circling the US political sphere back around the time of Brexit that Boris Johnson was Donald Trump's parasitic twin, but they were separated at birth. I want to believe.