View: Domestically preoccupied US to be handicapped in dealing with Chinese challenge SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 07, 2021, 11:51 PM IST Share Synopsis Trump has not hesitated to use hysteria and coercion to his purposes. At the Republican convention in 2016, where he was anointed the Republican Presidential nominee that year, the energising chant for the audience was “lock her up”, aimed at his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Agencies Ted Cruz, whose was the last wicket to fall of the Republican nomination contenders, had to be provided a safety escort when he failed to explicitly endorse Trump at the Convention. By Arun Singh The mob assault on the US Capitol on Wednesday, though shocking and unprecedented, should have been anticipated. The failure was more of inadequate police arrangement and prior coordination between the several agencies involved –– the DC Metropolitan Police, the National Guards, the FBI, the New York and Maryland State Guards.