One of the few things Americans can agree on these days–conservatives or liberals, Republicans or Democrats, Trump supporters or Trump resisters–is that our government is highly dysfunctional. Whether you believe we need to drain the swamp or turn the rascals out, you may well be sick of Washington, D.C., and all that it has become.
But the government is not America. As bad as things can get among our leaders, our country keeps plugging along. A free society is not totally dependent on government. Our customs, our history, our ideals, our land, and our people define our nation.