US government does not have a good record. I feel like anyone that thinks it’s particularly bad now needs to read some history books. Obviously I wish it were better but this is the same group that brought you a dozen wars in the 20th century, Japanese internment, forced segregation, price controls, nuclear weapons used on civilians, and so on.

My guess is that it has more to do with reading news sources particularly aligned with one political viewpoint than the actual facts of what the government is doing.