Many people, including political science and government experts around the world, believe that newly-inaugurated President Trump has transformed or is in the process of transforming the United States government into an autocracy. The United States has served as a model of democratic government for almost 250 years. The US, however imperfect it may be, has been the leading world power since World War II, based not just on its economic and military might but also on its championing of the ideals of democracy.

So, the question arises, what can Americans who believe in democracy, and who believe autocracy is taking hold, do to stop, or live through, the autocracy?