There's a far more fundamental problem in the US: The system and methods of government have degenerated to the point of not producing anything of value. A visitor from another planet would probably laugh hysterically at how ridiculous the whole thing looks like from the outside.
You don't even need to be from another planet. I'm from Germany and I'm baffled at US politics pretty much every time I read about it.
That isn't to say that it's better in any way here - we just have more political parties, so the nonsense is spread out a bit more, but that still doesn't mean we have less nonsense.
Is this what the Roman Empire looked like?