GROVE CITY, Pa. — More than a year after the phrase “Mueller report” entered the national conversation — and after an exhausting stretch of subpoenas, arrests and furious presidential tweeting — the country on Thursday was finally met by the real thing. And while Americans disagreed about what the report meant, one reaction seemed nearly unanimous: disgust with the country’s political leaders.

“I don’t know how he gets out of it all the time,” said Judy Campagna, a 58-year-old Democrat, of President Trump’s ability to remain in office while so many of his associates have been indicted.

“A colossal waste of time,” said Ray Ablanalp, a 63-year-old Republican standing at a bar with Judy’s husband, Gene, of the special counsel’s investigation. Mueller’s findings showed that the real culprits were Democrats and other backers of the investigation who had just wasted two years of time and money, Mr. Ablanalp said. “Somebody should be accountable for that, and it should not be the taxpayers.”

Mr. Campagna, a 68-year-old Republican who reluctantly voted for Trump in 2016, had only one conclusion about what could happen next: “All the options are lousy.”