The thing that the US needs from government is a lot less of it.
But the US does need more and better armaments.
The real problem the US has, however, cannot be fixed by messing with the government. This problem is the great social-cultural war between the great factions of your population. This is a war of peoples.
Your real enemies are not “Washington”, or even Hollywood or NYC. Your enemies are your neighbors.
So the Germans would have you believe.