I agree, but you will never see the federal government shrink in size. We have nothing left to do, but turn D.C. into an ashtray. A bit over 2\3 of the budget is spent on health and human services, such as, medicare, medicaid, social security, and education. Nothing in the constitution authorizes congress to enact those programs, but to hell if you can get rid of them. People complain about military spending, but raising an Army and maintaining a Navy is one of the few things congress is authorized to legislate.
You can blame Trump, you can blame Obama, but it's congress. The president doesn't make the laws, congress does. It's the constant political pandering to the have nots, to use the force of the government to take from the haves, in this never ending class war, instigated by ideological leftist. The death nail for the republic was drives by the 16th and 17th amendments. It's too late now to reverse it. Government will continue to grow, unless some revolt is successful.