Posted: Jan 06, 2021 8:36 PM NT | Last Updated: January 7 An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.(Leah Millis/Reuters) Americans in Newfoundland watched the siege of their country's iconic government building in Washington, D.C., with a sense of fear, sadness and — for Kimberly Phillips — confusion. Phillips, a graduate student at Memorial University who moved to St. John's a year ago from California, immediately noticed the stark contrast between police response to Black Lives Matter protests last year and today's pro-Trump demonstration.