What Trump did over the last two years was basically expose the GOP members of Congress as a bunch of feckless frauds. After spending the Obama years promising to do this and that during their campaigns and in their fundraising solicitations, they got almost NOTHING accomplished once they were in a position to pass legislation that would actually get signed into law.
As pathetic as this sounds, one of the things that is hard to dispute is that one-party rule by the GOP invariably ends up being a period of grossly irresponsible fiscal mismanagement.
I’m not blaming Trump. This is a national issue. The voters want low taxes and high spending so that’s what the politicians give them, Trump included but whole congress right there, too.
Even the Tea Party just wants to do publicity stunts like government shutdowns. No one wants to adjust SS or Medicare, and without that, there will be no trend change.