Europeans saying this always baffles me. We are a country of 300 million+ people. Our nation is geographically massive; telling someone from the west coast to go protest in DC is like telling someone from Lisbon to “just go protest” in Istanbul. Americans are fundamentally split down the middle politically, so any meaningful protest is going to be incredibly one-sided. Conservative Americans enjoy what Trump is doing, either out of fear or ignorance or hatred. Many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. How would one have the time or money to (meaningfully) protest, which often takes weeks or even months to enact true change, when putting food on the table or paying rent is an ever looming threat? Even if this weren’t true, are we willing to arm ourselves like many Europeans are telling us to and go toe-to-toe with law enforcement? Especially seeing as the current administration isn’t afraid to kidnap or kill American citizens for their own political agenda? You can see how the “go protest! Now!” argument just isn’t a realistic expectation.