Why aren't Americans out in the streets over what Trump is doing? [View all]

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine, European, over what Trump is doing. He noted that Americans seem to be flatly apathetic for two reasons, one, that the bulk of those opposed to a second Trump Presidency were not registered to vote and didn't participate, and two, that in his country, such government actions that are so far out of line as to be outside the boundaries of democracy, public pressure would be so intense that the government would back down. And that Americans are just passively clicking their tongues and letting it all go by, especially the Democrats, who should be orchestrating and conducting protests that, while they don't cross the Jan 6th line, make it hard for members of Congress to move from home to work without having to face opposition.

We live in a free country, and if politicians are unable to respect that to the point where what they do makes people mad enough to want to confront them about it, then they should deal with the consequences, including protests in front of their house keeping them and their neighbors up all night, and having to face shouting, angry people on their way to and from the capitol. It doesn't have to get violent, they just have to see that it might cost them an election and they are going to have to face opposition on it.