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Trump supporters gather in the U.S. capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory over President Trump.
“Enemies of democracy are celebrating these unbelievable images,” tweeted German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who called on Trump and his supporters to “finally accept the decision of the American voters and stop trampling upon democracy.”
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Michael Fullilove, executive director of Australia’s Lowy Institute think tank, said leaders of America’s adversaries, including Russia and China, would celebrate the chaos.
“The champagne is flowing in the Kremlin and Zhongnanhai today,” he tweeted.
Beijing’s Global Times propaganda outlet could barely contain its delight, using terms like “karma” and “retribution” in a roundup of Chinese social media posts on the events.
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Protesters storm the Capitol and halt a joint session of the 117th Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
‘This is not America’: World gapes in horror at pro-Trump attack on Capitol
By Shashank Bengali, Kate Linthicum and Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, (TNS)
SINGAPORE For four years, the world has watched with surprise, horror and in some places glee as President Donald Trump battered one democratic norm after another, exposing the so-called leader of the free world as just another troubled and deeply divided nation.
Still, the planet was little prepared for the stunning scenes Wednesday, when a pro-Trump mob, some flying Confederate flags, stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt a congressional vote certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.