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There isn't really an armed resistance of some kind to join in the US. The only option there is to become a lone wolf attacker, it's a questionable option, and OP is a parent.
This is systematically wrong on every level. I said fight, not combat or terrorism. There are a metric shitton of orgs to join in the march against fascism. Being a lone wolf is the worst thing anyone can do. Find allies, build strength, organize, defend.
The term "fight" can take many forms. Evil wins/loses depending on if you let them.
It really looks like America has passed the point of no return there as well, though. Peaceful protesting can be and is ignored by Trump, and probably by whoever succeeds him. The traditional democratic instruments don't really threaten the Republicans existentially anymore, and can't grow back without support from both parties, so they're also out.
Like, they're going to lose the midterms (because they're incumbents and the economy is bad, not because anyone's been persuaded by logic). But that's just one election in a system that's been slowly degrading for two or three decades, and in which the president has really massive powers, now including just ignoring the laws.
If you think the "no kings" protests were ignored you weren't paying attention to how loudly the right wing bitched about them.
Heck, it can be argued that their scale was why senate Dems let the government shut down over the ACA subsidies -- and while I think how that shutdown ended was cowardly, it was also the most politically effective shutdown in US history. (There are multiple bills to extend those subsidies, and everyone knows which side is against them!)