Paolo Kernahan - NATURALLY, THE goings-on at the Capitol Building in Washington DC had many Trinis in rapt attention. As the “free and the brave” gained largely unfettered access to the Senate chamber and gaily roamed the halls and offices of that hollowed institution, many watched aghast. Our 1990 insurrection was a bloody coup attempt, seen by outsiders as perhaps a violent expression of failed society railing against law, order and decency. In the US last week, though, that was a “revolution” by patriots. Admittedly, that sounds more romantic. So everyone sat with their popcorn and watched the real-time putsch orchestrated by Trump supporters. Trump ramped up the mental programming of his Trump-bots perhaps two years prior to the election. He repeatedly told supporters the only way he'd lose the election is if it was stolen from “them.” In a case of way too much irony for anyone's diet, Trump supporters attempted a coup by claiming to have been victimised by one.