TFW you wake up in Australia to the news that pro-Trump supporters are storming the Capitol Building. 7 January 2021 7 January 2021 This morning, a good chunk of the Antipodes woke up to the news that the US capitol (where US congress were meeting to ratify President-Elect Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump) was under siege by a pro-Trump mob. By now, you probably would've seen the surreal images circulating on social media that include pro-Trump rioters wandering the empty halls of the US capitol, lawmakers ducking as protesters try to break into the house chamber; even a guy swinging from a chamber balcony.