As events
unfolded on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, the words Trump, Capitol Hill and America were trending as Twitter users rushed to
share their reactions on the escalation of events as
Trump supporters stormed the US legislature on Wednesday evening.
Some in the Middle East saw a comical side to the chaos, drawing comparisons with recent events in the region.
Referencing the time that Iraqi protesters stormed parliament in Baghdad s heavily fortified Green Zone in 2016
, American reporter Steven Nabil drew parallels with last night s events.
Never occurred to me that I will be covering an identical event in Iraq and the U.S pic.twitter.com/BQcrYHuNjM Steven Nabil (@thestevennabil)