For me, the major problems we face as a country, in my view, get little shrift or serious attention from politicians and partisans. They prefer to bring up what I view as small issues to debate instead, for obvious reasons. The major problems don't have partisan solutions, broadly speaking, they really don't have practicable solutions as things stand. So, we muddle along, screaming at each other about "trivia", in a relative sense.
Ignore the man behind the curtain.