I think many of us here didn’t trust the govt long before Barry Obummer showed up on the scene

That distrust existed well be for Barry. Now the medical field, he did do that.

TBH. It might be a sign that the country was on the rocks culturally, socially and spiritually long ago that we made hating the Government in all its varied forms as American as Apple Pie.

As the Government is Ostensibly drawn from the general population. Elected to their position ostensibly by the general population. While it also draws the majority of it’s employees again. From among the General Population.

So, supposing you take the above at face value, one can then reasonably draw the conclusion that the problem doesn’t necessarily inherently lie with the Government. But with the Body Politick that manages to produce that which it disdains and hates time and time again.

You forgot bush

Origin of Humpty Dumpty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty