World reaction to the storming of the US Capitol
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FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center front left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, center front right, after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. From left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Norway s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Poland s President Andrzej Duda and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. World leaders including Macron, Merkel, Solberg and Stoltenberg, are condemning the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
World watches U.S. chaos with shock, dismay and some mockery
Some feared that if something like that can happen in the United States, it can happen anywhere.
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A waiter gestures in front a TV screen broadcasting news reports on U.S. President Donald Trump, in Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain on Thursday. [ MANU FERNANDEZ | AP ]
Published Jan. 7
PARIS â As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, and how much stress could their own political systems withstand?
âIf it can happen in the U.S., it can happen anywhere,â said Gunjan Chhibber, a 39-year-old who works for an American tech company in India, the worldâs largest democracy. She stayed up all night, watching and worrying at her home in Delhi as the chaos unfolded many time zones away.