I choose to believe the anti-rumor-rumor. That said, it would not surprise me given how T sells the Land Cruiser in the US. We get a decked out 200 Series for $90K to compete with Land Rover and maybe Infinity(Nissan's US "Patrol"). T already uses a Lexus version (GX) of their Land Cruiser Prado instead of the real deal and no 70 Series, while elsewhere these are much more common, and arguably needed, along with stripped down versions of the 200 like what you see the UN masquerading in.
I imagine there is some debate happening inside Toyota with the inevitable 200 end and 300 (?) release. Their view of the US market is not that of the offroad or adventure enthusiast and is unfortunately pretty realistic. I have never seen a US Land Cruiser commercial outside of one making a cameo in a Toyota family setting, but the LX gets ad space. We also have Sequoias now with the TRD package and continued rumors of a short wheelbase offroad vehicle (it wont be an FJ40 revival either).
Seems hard to imagine for some that Toyota could consider dropping the Land Cruiser from US market space, but some are also bothered that Jeep considers IFS or a mid-engined Corvette.