The government at all levels no longer serves to benefit it's constituents. They exist to line their coffers, and flex their power with impunity. Government finds special joy in contemptuously lecturing those who think to prove a point in questioning that power.

Trump is an aberration in government. There is a very small group of people in authority who have American's liberty and opportunity in mind. Of most in government, if a policy doesn't line their pocketbook it exists only to be flaunted for the purpose of getting votes.