Me. I trust nothing in DC. I live here. The first reigning principal is the utter incompetence which is the reigning fearture of DC - we can’t even fix our potholes or imagine why we would expect anyone to do so. Almost no one here is capable of doing much of anything - which is the good news. Then there is the corruption which you all see - lots of moeny in, nothing useful comes out. Then there is the lying - you see all of that too. And then there is the nefarious skullduggery executed by a few genuinely dangerous individuals [who thrive because of the useful idiots who are involved all of the above].
Yes. All of that is reality.