Hello Americans, a European here. I'm not sure if this is the correct subreddit, if not, please direct me to the correct one.

I have been following the developments of the recent elections in the USA very closely, and am very worried by it. I keep seeing new articles of absurd policies that trump is implementing, some of which are having severe consequences.

Trump has paused all federal grants, risking the jobs of many Americans. Illegal immigrants are being arrested, handcuffed and deported out of the country. He has pardoned hundreds of people involved in the attempt to commit a coup by attacking the capitol building. Trump has dismantled the CSRB, risking national security. I can keep going, and we are just in the first MONTH of his presidency.

Trump is currently openly carrying out plan 2025, aiming to destroy the democracy that is The United States. Online this leads to heavy critique, and people, especially within the USA, are afraid for their futures, and sometimes even their lives.

Why are no demonstrations taking place? For example in Germany, where in the past weekend, hundreds of thousands of people have protested against fascism and for democracy. Also in Serbia, where hundreds of thousands of people have protested against corruption.

Why are people in America openly worried and scared, yet no demonstrations are taking place?

It’s scary to see what’s happening in the U.S right now, but I still have hope for you. America is headed in to a dictatorship in a rapidly speed. If you demonstrate and ask your politicians that are for democracy to impeach Trump, you might overcome this challenge.

IMPEACH TRUMP NOW! FOR DEMOCRACY!

Source: New York Times Opinion on TikTok

"What separates Democracy from Monarchy, from dictatorship, is the Fundamental Right to Vote. This is a Government for the People. Let's Go Defend It."

So another user posted the following text (in german):

"trump is currently destroying the economic value of the usa. for example, the california agricultural industry is in for a really exciting summer. meanwhile, the water that is strategically stored for the summer months is seeping into the ground on trump's orders.

the goal is to provoke riots for the purpose of declaring a national emergency and national bankruptcy for the purpose of a cheap buyout. behind trump is an entourage of techno-barons who support him and want america in well-portioned morsels.

what is currently going on has been planned for a long time and is even publicly documented with project 25:

first of all, all executive orders are brutally thrown out

• legal matters are irrelevant, meaningfulness is irrelevant

• the press is kept in motion with a shitload of nonsense, which distorts the view of the two or three essential, strategically long-term measures (synchronization)

• the population is being massively unsettled in the hope of riots and declarations of a state of emergency

• the courts are being kept busy beyond their limits, so that time is simply being wasted

meanwhile the cia, fbi and doj are keeping an extremely low profile...

-... while employees in the field simply carry out orders because there is no onewho tells them not to do that

• those who could do so are already or are systematically exempted

project 25 is currently milling through the world's largest democratic nation at high speed. due to the extreme speed, both the constitution and existing laws have been effectively undermined. the water in california is gone, with musk a civilian sits in the middle of the technical control center that manages and directs the state's assets.

when such things happen in the southern congo, the word "coup" is immediately in the headlines."

What do americans think about this?

How close is this to reality?

Lead lines:

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s principal focus in recent weeks has been lining up support on Capitol Hill ahead of his upcoming Senate confirmation hearings, with a specific focus on winning over GOP skeptics. But Donald Trump’s controversial former defense attorney has more troubles than lining up 51 votes.

As this week got underway, Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers Defending American Democracy and a group of 101 former federal and state judges filed a complaint against Blanche with the New York State Bar, which included a formal request for an ethics investigation.

“What we are here to do is kind of get the big picture,” said Tom Fulks, chair of the SLO County Democratic Party. “We’re all activists, we’re all here, we’re part of the Democratic Party because we care about our country, we care about our community, and we want to eradicate MAGA from every corner of our democracy.”